Meanings
plural phytanthropes
- neologismSynonym of plantkin (“a type of otherkin that identifies as a plant”).
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2020 August 13, u/sixbilliongods, “Phytanthrope/Plantkin pride flags!”, in r/otherkin, Reddit3 more examples
Yeah! There's phytanthrope/plantkin for people who feel they're plants, and objects usually just fall under objectkin!
2021 October 11, SCP2547, TwitterDarahagh, the oak phytanthrope, in our system has been revamping his personal essay about his experiences. He's not done yet but its already over 14,000 words long. Good grief dude.
2022 February 11, HouseofChimeras, TwitterPhytanthropy is really interesting to me- how did you figure out you're a phytanthrope, if I may ask? I know a lot of therianthropes and otherkin figure it out from feelings and instincts, but does that apply to phytanthropy?
2023 October 5, u/zhenyuanlong, r/alterhuman, RedditSynonyms: plantkin
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of plantkin (“a type of otherkin that identifies as a plant”).
Origin
From phyto- (“pertaining to plants”) + -anthrope (“human”), by analogy with therianthrope (“someone with an intense spiritual or psychological identification as a non-human animal”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
phytanthrope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phytanthrope
“phytanthrope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phytanthrope. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phytanthrope,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phytanthrope.
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