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therianthropism

therianthropism noun: the representation of deities in combined human and animal form.

Noun

therianthropism (uncountable)

  1. The representation of deities in combined human and animal form.
    • Therianthropism, as described in my chapter on the rhetoric of animality, appears only to operate successfully when used as a means of discrediting or demeaning other people. In showing them partly in animal form (or with animal characteristics or attributes), therianthropism does pictorial...1993, Steve Baker, Picturing the Beast: Animals, Identity, and Representation, page 224

therianthropism meaning in Tamil

therianthropism in Tamil

மாந்தவிலங்குருவழிபாடு

Questions about therianthropism

What does therianthropism mean?
Therianthropism means the representation of deities in combined human and animal form.
What is therianthropism in Tamil?
Therianthropism in Tamil is மாந்தவிலங்குருவழிபாடு. See Therianthropism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is therianthropism?
Therianthropism is a noun.

Words near therianthropism in the dictionary

  1. therianism
  2. therians
  3. therianthrope
  4. therianthropes
  5. therianthropic
  6. therianthropism
  7. therianthropy
  8. theriantrope
  9. theriaque
  10. theriatrics
  11. Theriault

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