cynanthropy

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All those who are interested in the spread of human culture among the lower animals (and their name is legion) should make a point of not missing the really marvellous exhibition of cynanthropy given by the famous old Irish red setter wolfdog formerly known by the _sobriquet_ of

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  1. A kind of madness in which the afflicted person imagines himself to be a dog, and imitates its voice and actions.

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  • All those who are interested in the spread of human culture among the lower animals (and their name is legion) should make a point of not missing the really marvellous exhibition of cynanthropy given by the famous old Irish red setter wolfdog formerly known by the _sobriquet_ of —  Ulysses
 

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  1. = French cynanthropie, from Greek *κυνανθρωπία, from κυνάνθρωπος, of a dog-man, from κὐων (κυν-), a dog, + ἄνθρωπος, man. Cf. lycanthropy.
 

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