cynanthropy
📖 Definitions
noun
A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a dog.
💬 Usage Examples
“Our guides were two people with trembling tongues: mine a moribund old man whose tongue was hanging out like a tired dog’s: a case of cynanthropy.” Fernando del Paso (translation: Elisabeth Plaister); Palinuro of Mexico; Dalkey Archive Press; 1996.