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Wednesday, December 03, 20141.
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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