-misia

See also: misia and misią

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) or μῑσέω (mīséō, “to hate”) (+ -ia); attested since at least the 1950s. Devised as an alternative to the suffix -phobia, which etymologically (and clinically) denotes fear, though it is also widely used in English to denote hatred. Compare -misic (hating something), as in homomisic.

Suffix

-misia

1. (rare) Hatred; dislike; aversion.

   Antonym: -philia

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -misia

• automisia
• Islamisia
• religiomisia

 

See also

• miso-, mis-