Zoesthesia & Therianthropy

It's possible I received misinformation (or poorly translated information) from others in the Chinese therian community. I was not aware of some of the points you've brought up, Chase. I don't intend to pursue this further.

I spoke to a researcher about the whole zoesthesia idea face-to-face yesterday. They felt that it could potentially be useful as a term in that in emphasizes experience over identity, but is unlikely to remedy any of the social issues mentioned. Some (including myself) have compared it to synesthesia, but even though something like synesthesia isn't really targeted by bad actors, the nature of therianthropy would likely remain an issue with people threatened by nonconformity no matter what you call it.

Another therian brought up in private that "cenesthesia" already exists - typically in regards to cenesthopathy in medical literature when referring to a disruption in one's perception of themselves in things like clinical lycanthropy. And in such medical literature, cenesthopathy is specifically avoided when describing what therians and otherkin experience. I think that's for the best.