Zoanthropy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Zoanthropy \Zo*an"thro*py\, n. [Gr. ? animal + ? man.] (Med.)
     A kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself
     transformed into one of the lower animals.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  zoanthropy
       n : the delusion that you have assumed the form of an animal