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therianthropy

/ˌθɛɹiˈænθɹəpi/

therianthropy noun: shapeshifting between human and animal forms.

Noun

therianthropy (uncountable)

  1. Shapeshifting between human and animal forms.
  2. The characteristic of being a therianthrope; therianism.
    • Despite occasional YouTube videos which demonstrate the activities of a 'howl' (a wolf meet), the small amount of existing research into therianthropy as a cultural phenomenon demonstrates that the communities largely exist online and rarely venture into real space.2017, Debra Benita Shaw, Posthuman Urbanism: Mapping Bodies in Contemporary City Space, page 142

Questions about therianthropy

What does therianthropy mean?
Therianthropy means shapeshifting between human and animal forms.
What part of speech is therianthropy?
Therianthropy is a noun.
How do you pronounce therianthropy?
Therianthropy is pronounced /ˌθɛɹiˈænθɹəpi/.

Words near therianthropy in the dictionary

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

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