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PHOBIA

PHOBIA

Fear; dislike, aversion

xenophobia

aversion to foreigners/anything foreign

PHIL/ PHILO

loving, fond of

philanthropy

love of humanity, especially as shown in donations to charitable and socially useful causes

MIS

hate (opp. of phil/philo)

misanthropy

hatred of humanity

misogyny

hatred of women

DYS

bad, ill, difficult

dysfunction

abnormal functioning (as of an organ in the body)

dyslexia

impairment of the ability to read

EU

good, well, advantageous (opposite of dys)

eulogize

Praise highly on speech or writing

euphemism

substitution of a "good" expression for an unpleasant one (i.e. "passed away" instead of "died

euphoria

sense of great happieness or well-being(opposite of dysphoria)

euthanasia

Controversial preactice of mercifully putting to death a person suffering from an incurable, painfully distressing diease

MACRO

Large, long

MICRO

Extremely small, minute

A / AN

not, without

amoral

not moral; without a sence of moral responsibility

anarchy

total absence of rule or government; confusion; disorder

anomaly

deviation from the common rule; deviation from what is considered normal

atheism

Denial of religion

atrophy

lack of growth or degeneration, as from disuse, disease, or malnourishment

atypical

unlike the typical