犬いぬ憑つき

noun

cynanthropy

A rare, domain-specific term referring to the delusion of being a dog or being possessed by a dog spirit. Used in historical or psychiatric contexts.

• 犬いぬ憑つきは、自じ分ぶんが犬いぬになったと信しんじる精せい神しん状じょう態たいを指さす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  Inu-tsuki is an old term for a mental state in which one believes they have become a dog.