Path. [ad. mod.L. zōanthrōpia, f. Gr. ζῳον animal + ἄνθρωπος man: cf. CYNANTHROPY, LYCANTHROPY.] A form of insanity in which a man imagines himself to be a beast. Hence Zoanthropic a., pertaining to zoanthropy.
1856. E. Jesse, Walton’s Angler, I. v. 166, note. Several forms of mania, classed by Sauvages in his Nosology under the general head of Zoanthropy.
1891. Cent. Dict., s.v. Zoanthropic, Zoanthropic mania…; zoanthropic literature.
