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Definition of: therianthropism
(thir′ē·an′thrə·piz′əm) noun
Representation of preternatural beings in combined forms of man and beast, especially in primitive polytheistic worship: the religions of therianthropism. [<Gk. thērion wild beast + anthrōpos, -ōpou man]
—the′ri·an·throp′ic (-an·throp′ik) adjective
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