Therianthropism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Therianthropism is a noun meaning The representation of deities in combined human and animal form.
Meaning
The representation of deities in combined human and animal form.
Example Sentences
Therianthropism, as described in my chapter on the rhetoric of animality, appears only to operate successfully when used as a means of discrediting or demeaning other people. In showing them partly in animal form (or with animal characteristics or attributes), therianthropism does pictorial violence - symbolic violence - to the image of one's rivals or opponents.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include zoomorphism, theanthropism, anthropotheism, anthropomorphite, anthropolatry, anthropomorphism.
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