1. Attribution of divine qualities to dogs.
2. A type of animism involving the worship of dogs and dog spirits.
3. The religion or philosophy derived from biomimicry of dogs.
4. Doctrine that dogs are of highest value.
In Cynoism, David Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" is a popular hymn along with "who let the dogs out" by the Baha Men; to which many cynoist congregations respond with the cantillation "We we we did did, we we we did did".