zoanthropy

[ zoh-an-thruh-pee ]

nounPsychiatry.
  1. a mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal.

Origin of zoanthropy

1
1855–60; zo- + -anthropy<New Latin -anthrōpia<Greek; see anthropo-, -y3

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