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therianism

therianism noun: knowledge about or the condition of being a therianthrope.

Noun

therianism (uncountable)

  1. Knowledge about or the condition of being a therianthrope.
    • He also teaches Rite and Ritual based on innumerous paths from Solomonic Rite and Ritual (the basis for Ordo Templ Orientis [OTO], the Golden Dawn, etc., etc., etc.) to Wicca to Paganism to Dragonism/Vamprism/Therianism/Lycanthropy to Satanism to Luciferianism to Necromancy to Saneria and the...2010, Magus M. Douglas Hockett, Dark Poetry from A Gothic View
    • The first and major clue to therianism is the body doesn't decompose, so these Incorruptible bodies have that in common with therians, that's all I'm saying.2015, Andrew Michael Schwarz, Heather Anzalone, Incorruptible: Thomas Hunter Files, Vol. 1

Origin of therianism

From therian + -ism.

Questions about therianism

What does therianism mean?
Therianism means knowledge about or the condition of being a therianthrope.
What part of speech is therianism?
Therianism is a noun.

Words near therianism in the dictionary

  1. theriace
  2. theriack
  3. theriacs
  4. therial
  5. therian
  6. therianism
  7. therians
  8. therianthrope
  9. therianthropes
  10. therianthropic
  11. therianthropism

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