therianthropy

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/ˌθɛɹiˈænθɹəpi/

noun

Shapeshifting between human and animal forms.

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Meanings

nountherianthropy (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesShapeshifting between human and animal forms.
  2. uncountableThe characteristic of being a therianthrope; therianism.

    Despite occasional YouTube videos which demonstrate the activities of a 'howl' (a wolf meet), the small amount of existing research into therianthropy as a cultural phenomenon demonstrates that the communities largely exist online and rarely venture into real space.

    2017, Debra Benita Shaw, Posthuman Urbanism: Mapping Bodies in Contemporary City Space, page 142

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lycanthropy

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 獸人 /兽人, 獸化人 /兽化人
  • 獸人 /兽人 (shòurén)Translations
  • 獸化人 /兽化人 (shòuhuàrén)Translations
French thérianthropie
  • thérianthropieTranslations
Greek θηριανθρωπία
  • θηριανθρωπία (thirianthropía)Translations
Polish teriantropia
  • teriantropiaTranslations
Portuguese teriantropia
  • teriantropiaTranslations
Spanish teriantropía
  • teriantropíaTranslations
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APA

therianthropy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/therianthropy

MLA

“therianthropy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/therianthropy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “therianthropy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/therianthropy.

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