anthrop-, anthropo-, -anthrope, -anthropic, -anthropical, -anthropically, -anthropism, -anthropist, -anthropoid, -anthropus, -anthropy +
(Greek: man; human being, mankind [including male (man, men; boy, boys) and female (woman, women; girl, girls); in other words, all members of the human race]; people)
therianthropia, therianthropism
1. Combining human and animal form; such as, the centaur.
2. Combining the form of a beast with that of a man; of or pertaining to deities represented in the combined forms of man and beast; such as, dog- or eagle-headed divinities.
3. The belief that humans may sometimes assume animal form, as the werewolf.
therianthropic
1. Being partly bestial and partly human in form; for example, an imaginary being; such as, a centaur that is partly human and partly animal.
2. Of or pertaining to deities conceived or represented in human and animal form.
therianthropy
The transformation into animal form, such as lycanthropy.
zoanthropic
1. A descriptive term for a mental disorder in which people believe themselves to be animals.
2. A kind of monomania, or delusion, in which patients are convinced that they have been transformed into one of the lower animals.
zoanthropy
A mental derangement, or disorder, in which a person believes himself/herself to be an animal and acts accordingly.
zooanthroponosis
An animal disease normally maintained by humans but which can be transmitted to other vertebrates; e.g., amebiasis to dogs, tuberculosis, etc.
zoological anthropology
Anthropology with particular reference to mankind's place in the animal kingdom, and with special emphasis on comparisons with other primates.
Links to other units that include the topic of "man", "mankind":
andro-;
homo-;
vir-.
Related "people, human" word units:
demo-;
ethno-;
ochlo-;
popu-;
publi-.
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