Definition of cynanthropy in English:

cynanthropy

noun sɪˈnanθrəpi

mass nounrare

A form of madness involving the delusion of being a dog, with correspondingly altered behaviour.
Example sentencesExamples
- A general cynanthropy prevailed - man ran about, and bit at man.
- Some bite and snarl like dogs, and hence it has been called cynanthropy.
- It is said that our laws are justly designated sanguinary; taken as a whole, no legislators, but those in a state of cynanthropy, could contemplate them without perturbation and horror of mind.
- From the illnesses of Cynanthropy and Lycanthropy, many change into dogs, their eyes become fiery, with threatening teeth and a sharp nose.
- In Hegel's day, the abundant evidence of cynanthropy and lycanthopy in folk-lore and mythology was usually treated as subject-matter for the pathologist.
Synonyms
insanity, insaneness, dementia, mental illness, derangement, dementedness, instability, unsoundness of mind, lunacy, distraction, depression, mania, hysteria, frenzy, psychosis, psychopathy, schizophrenia, hydrophobia

Origin

Late 16th century: from French cynanthropie (after lycanthropie 'lycanthropy'), from Greek kun-, kuōn 'dog' + anthrōpos 'man'.

单词	cynanthropy
释义	Definition of cynanthropy in English: cynanthropy noun sɪˈnanθrəpi mass nounrare A form of madness involving the delusion of being a dog, with correspondingly altered behaviour. Example sentencesExamples A general cynanthropy prevailed - man ran about, and bit at man. Some bite and snarl like dogs, and hence it has been called cynanthropy. It is said that our laws are justly designated sanguinary; taken as a whole, no legislators, but those in a state of cynanthropy, could contemplate them without perturbation and horror of mind. From the illnesses of Cynanthropy and Lycanthropy, many change into dogs, their eyes become fiery, with threatening teeth and a sharp nose. In Hegel's day, the abundant evidence of cynanthropy and lycanthopy in folk-lore and mythology was usually treated as subject-matter for the pathologist. Synonyms insanity, insaneness, dementia, mental illness, derangement, dementedness, instability, unsoundness of mind, lunacy, distraction, depression, mania, hysteria, frenzy, psychosis, psychopathy, schizophrenia, hydrophobia Origin Late 16th century: from French cynanthropie (after lycanthropie 'lycanthropy'), from Greek kun-, kuōn 'dog' + anthrōpos 'man'.
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