LYCANTHROPY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("lycanthropy" is a kind of...):

magical ability; magical power (an ability to perform magic)

Domain category:

folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)

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