zoanthropy means The belief that one has transformed into an animal. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
ZOANTHROPY — [Noun] A delusional belief that one has transformed, physically and wholly, into an animal. From Modern Latin zōanthrōpia, from the Greek ζῷον (zōion, "animal") and ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos, "human being"). Unlike lycanthropy, which howls specifically at the moon with lupine obsession, or therianthropy, which dances in the realm of mythic hybridity, zoanthropy is the raw, clinical exile into any creature's form. It is the raw rasp in the throat that becomes a growl; the feeling of a phantom tail twitching against a chair; the absolute certainty that one's shadow casts the silhouette of a beast. In this severance lies the ultimate solitude: to be trapped not in a beast’s body, but in the irrevocable belief that you have left your own behind.
noun
- The belief that one has transformed into an animal.