Word of the Day Dec 3 zoanthropy zoh-AN-thruh-pee, noun 1. Psychiatry. a mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal. Quotes: In his book Wolf Child and Human Child, Arnold Gesell gives a striking account, based on the original source material, of the misfortunes of Amala and Kamala, the two best known cases of zoanthropy. -- Lucien Malson and Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Wolf Children and the Problem of Human Nature, 1972 A zoanthropian, Orion, who was possessed by zoanthropy, had been an enemy. He believed himself to be a roc, marrying one. -- Willis Bryant, Cold Blood, 2012 Origin: Zoanthropy came to English in the mid-1800s from the New Latin zōanthrōpia based on the Greek ánthrōpos meaning human being, man.
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