Cynanthropy (sometimes spelled kynanthropy; from Ancient Greek: κύων/kúōn, 'dog' + ἄνθρωπος/ánthrōpos, 'man; human') is, in psychiatry, the pathological delusion of real persons that they are dogs and in anthropology and folklore, the supposed magical practice of shape-shifting alternately between dog and human form, or the possession of combined canine and human anatomical features, a form of therianthropy. The Greeks spoke of cynanthropy (kyon, dog).
Cynanthropy (sometimes spelled kynanthropy; from Ancient Greek: κύων/kúōn, 'dog' + ἄνθρωπος/ánthrōpos, 'man; human') is, in psychiatry, the pathological delusion of real persons that they are dogs and in anthropology and folklore, the supposed magical practice of shape-shifting alternately between dog and human form, or the possession of combined canine and human anatomical features, a form of therianthropy. The Greeks spoke of cynanthropy (kyon, dog).
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