lycanthropy
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- IPA /laɪˈkanθɹəpi/
Noun
lycanthropy noun
- The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom.
- (mythology, by extension) The state of being a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and an animal, whether or not it is a wolf.
- A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
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werewolfdomwerewolfismwerewolf syndromecynanthropyzoanthropylupinosislachryphagygaleanthropylycopenemialyssophobialeukismleucismlonomismvampyrismhypomelanismlygophobialymphopathy
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