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Webster 1913 Edition


Cynanthropy

Cy-nan′thro-py

(s?-n?n′thr?-p?)
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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] of a dog-man; [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], dog + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] man: cf. F.
cynanthropie
.]
(Med.)
A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cynanthropy

CYNANTHROPY

,
Noun.
[Gr., a dog, man.] A kind of madness in which men have the qualities of dogs.

Definition 2024


cynanthropy

cynanthropy

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Alternative forms

  • kynanthropy

Noun

cynanthropy (plural cynanthropies)

  1. (medicine) A delusion in which a person believes he or she is transformed into a dog.
  2. (anthropology, folklore) A shape-shifting ability between human and canine forms.

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