lycanthropy

• lycanthropia

From Ancient Greek λυκανθρωπία (lukanthrōpía), from λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos).

• (US) IPA^(key): /laɪˈkanθɹəpi/

lycanthropy (usually uncountable, plural lycanthropies)

1. (mythology) The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom.
2. (mythology, by extension) The state of being a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and an animal, whether or not it is a wolf.
   • 2014, Marijn Haverbeke, “4: Data Structures: Objects and Arrays”, in Eloquent JavaScript, 2nd Ed.: A Modern Introduction to Programming, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 60:

     On one hand, Jacques is quite glad that he doesn’t have classic lycanthropy. Turning into a squirrel tends to cause fewer problems than turning into a wolf.

3. A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.

• (state of being a werewolf) werewolfdom, werewolfism

• lycanthrope

• werewolf
• shapeshift

• Wikipedia article on Lycanthropy