-misia

See also: misia and misią

English

Etymology

    From Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos, hatred) +‎ -ia. First attested in the 1950s, in iatromisia (hatred of doctors). 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), -misiac (one who hates something).

    Suffix

    -misia

    1. (rare) Hatred; dislike; aversion.
      Antonym: -philia

    Derived terms

    • automisia
    • Islamisia
    • religiomisia

    See also