zoanthropy
pronunciation
How to pronounce zoanthropy in British English:
UK [zəʊ'ænθrəpɪ]
How to pronounce zoanthropy in American English:
US [zoʊ'ænθrəpɪ]
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- Noun:
- the delusion that you have assumed the form of an animal
Word Origin
- zoanthropy (n.)
- form of insanity in which a man imagines himself to be another type of beast, 1845, from French zoanthrope or directly from Modern Latin zoanthropia, from Greek zoion "animal" (see zoo) + anthropos "man" (see anthropo-).