lycanthropy in English

noun
1
the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf, as recounted in folk tales.
For his trouble, he's cursed with a peculiar form of lycanthropy that appears to transform its sufferers into German shepherds.

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1. Says one medical dictionary: “LYCANTHROPY . . . from [lyʹkos], lupus, wolf; [anʹthro·pos], homo, man.

2. "Bloodbeat" by Patrick Wolf is the third track from his album Lycanthropy

3. Scientists have dismissed the idea the perigee could cause strange behaviour - like lycanthropy - or natural disasters .

4. A number of different Corruptions exist, from the mind-rending horror of ghostly possession to the monstrous physical transformation of lycanthropy.

5. A number of different Corruptions exist, from the mind-rending horror of ghostly possession to the monstrous physical transformation of lycanthropy.

6. The “official” rulebooks present a small selection of Curses, just half a dozen, including some of the most iconic Curses in folklore in mummy rot and lycanthropy

7. Marx notably utilized the imagery of Anthropophagism and lycanthropy, proferring phrases like “the cannibalism of counter-revolution” and “the werewolf’s hunger for surplus labor.” Had he lived in a later period, it is not difficult to imagine Marx using a different metaphor for capital that could have superseded all three of these