phytanthrope
English
editEtymology
editFrom phyto- (“pertaining to plants”) + -anthrope (“human”), by analogy with therianthrope (“someone with an intense spiritual or psychological identification as a non-human animal”).
Noun
editphytanthrope (plural phytanthropes)
- (neologism) Synonym of plantkin (“a type of otherkin that identifies as a plant”).
- 2022 February 11, HouseofChimeras, Twitter[3]:
- Darahagh, the oak phytanthrope, in our system has been revamping his personal essay about his experiences. He's not done yet but its already over 14,000 words long. Good grief dude.
- 2023 October 5, u/zhenyuanlong, r/alterhuman[4], Reddit:
- Phytanthropy is really interesting to me- how did you figure out you're a phytanthrope, if I may ask? I know a lot of therianthropes and otherkin figure it out from feelings and instincts, but does that apply to phytanthropy?