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What is a cynanthropy?

What is a cynanthropy? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (medicine) A delusion in which a person believes he or she is transformed into a dog.
  2. (anthropology, folklore) A shape-shifting ability between human and canine forms.
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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.

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