mis
to hate
Greek · misein (μισέω)
Mis words from Greek name a hatred of something. Misanthropy is hatred of people, misogyny is hatred of women, and misology is hatred of reasoning or argument.
Memory trick
Mis sounds like miss: you miss no chance to push away what you hate.
Words from this root
- misanthrope (mis + anthrope) — a person who hates humankindमानव-द्वेषी
- misanthropy (mis + anthropy) — hatred of humankindमानव-द्वेष
- misogynist (mis + ogyn + ist) — one who hates womenस्त्री-द्वेषी पुरुष
- misogynistic (misogynist + ic) — showing hatred toward womenस्त्री-विरोधी
- misogyny (mis + ogyny) — hatred of womenस्त्रियों से घृणा
- misology (mis + ology) — hatred of reason or argumentतर्क से घृणा