zoanthropy

  • 1Zoanthropy — o*an thro*py, n. [Gr. ? animal + ? man.] (Med.) A kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2zoanthropy — (n.) form of mania in which a man imagines himself to be another type of beast, 1856, from Mod.L. zoanthropia, from Gk. zoion animal (see ZOO (Cf. zoo)) + anthropos man (see ANTHROPO (Cf. anthropo )) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 3zoanthropy — [zō an′thrə pē] n. [ModL zoanthropia: see ZOO & ANTHROPO & Y3] a mental disorder in which a person imagines that he or she is a beast: cf. LYCANTHROPY (sense 1) …

    English World dictionary

  • 4zoanthropy — /zoh an threuh pee/, n. Psychiatry. a mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal. [1855 60; ZO + anthropy < NL anthropia < Gk; see ANTHROPO , Y3] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 5zoanthropy — noun A kind of delusion in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals …

    Wiktionary

  • 6zoanthropy — A delusion that one is an animal, such as a dog. [G. zoon, animal, + anthropos, man] * * * zo·an·thro·py (zo anґthro pe) [zo + Gr. anthr&#333;pos man] the delusion that one has become an animal. zoanthropic adj …

    Medical dictionary

  • 7zoanthropy —    see clinical lycanthropy …

    Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • 8zoanthropy — n. mental disorder which causes the patient to think that he/she is an animal; any transformation of a human into another animal form …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 9zoanthropy — zo·an·thro·py …

    English syllables

  • 10zoanthropy — zo•an•thro•py [[t]zoʊˈæn θrə pi[/t]] n. psi a mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal • Etymology: 1855–60; zo + anthropy &LT; NL anthrōpia &LT; Gk; see anthropo , y III …

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