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LYCANTHROPY
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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)