phytanthrope

English

Etymology

From phyto- (“pertaining to plants”) +‎ -anthrope (“human”), by analogy with therianthrope (“someone with an intense spiritual or psychological identification as a non-human animal”).

Noun

phytanthrope (plural phytanthropes)

1. (neologism) Synonym of plantkin (“a type of otherkin that identifies as a plant”).
   • 2020 August 13, u/sixbilliongods, “Phytanthrope/Plantkin pride flags!”, in r/otherkin‎^[1], Reddit:

     [See title]

   • 2021 October 11, SCP2547, Twitter‎^[2]:

     Yeah! There's phytanthrope/plantkin for people who feel they're plants, and objects usually just fall under objectkin!

   • 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?