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Definition of zoanthropy in English: zoanthropynoun zəʊˈanθrəpi mass nounrare A form of madness involving the delusion of being an animal, with correspondingly altered behaviour. Example sentencesExamples - Individual zoanthropy occurs chiefly during a hysterical attack.
- Among the more illiterate classes, to be possessed with the spirit of a fox is a form of zoanthropy not infrequently met with.
- He was afflicted with a psychotic disorder called zoanthropy, and was reduced to acting like a brute beast of the field.
- Intimations of zoanthropy and diabolical rites also attend the depiction of New York's financial world in David DeCoteau's low-budget horror movie Wolves of Wall Street (2002).
- She has zoanthropy like her father, and turns into a tiger!
Synonyms insanity, insaneness, dementia, mental illness, derangement, dementedness, instability, unsoundness of mind, lunacy, distraction, depression, mania, hysteria, frenzy, psychosis, psychopathy, schizophrenia, hydrophobia
Origin Mid 19th century: from zoo- + -anthropy, after lycanthropy. |