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zoanthropy
zo·an·thro·py
/
zoʊˈæn
θrə
pi
/
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[
zoh-
an
-thr
uh
-pee
]
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noun
Psychiatry.
a mental disorder in
which
one believes oneself to be an animal.
Origin:
1855–60;
zo-
+
-anthropy
<
Neo-Latin
-anthrōpia
<
Greek;
see
anthropo-
,
-y
3
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Word Origin & History
zoanthropy
form of mania in which a man imagines himself to be another type of beast, 1856, from Mod.L. zoanthropia, from Gk. zoion "animal" + anthropos "man" (see
anthropo-
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary
zoanthropy
zo·an·thro·py (zō-ān'thrə-pē)
n.
A delusion that one is an animal.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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