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zoanthropy Path.|zəʊˈænθrəpɪ|
[ad. mod.L. zōanthrōpia, f. Gr. ζῷον animal + ἄνθρωπος man: cf. cynanthropy, lycanthropy.]
A form of insanity in which a man imagines himself to be a beast. Hence zoanthropic |-ˈɒpɪk| a., pertaining to zoanthropy.
1856E. Jesse Walton's Angler i. v. 166 note, Several forms of mania, classed by Sauvages in his Nosology under the general head of Zoanthropy. 1891Cent. Dict. s.v. Zoanthropic, Zoanthropic mania..; zoanthropic literature. |