Zoanthropy (Noun)
Meaning
The delusion that you have assumed the form of an animal.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- He exhibited classic symptoms of zoanthropy, claiming he was a wolf and repeatedly trying to chase his neighbors' dogs.
- Her descent into madness was swift, as she developed zoanthropy and would crawl on all fours, insisting she was a tiger.
- Zoanthropy plagued the village elder, who thought he had transformed into a bear and would not enter the village during daylight hours.
- The young girl suffered from zoanthropy and would mew and paw at the curtains, believing she was a housecat.
- The asylum patient's zoanthropy was so severe that he would spend hours howling like a fox, terrified that hunters were coming for him.