miso-, mis-, -misia +

(Greek: hate, hater, hatred; disgust for; revulsion of; for example, a man by a woman or women by men; an antonym of "love, fondness for")

Don't confuse this miso-, mis- unit with the following units: mis-, "bad, wrong"; miss-, -miss, -mis- "send, throw".


misosophist
One who hates wisdom or learning.
misosophy
The hatred of wisdom or learning.
misotheism
A hatred of God (or of gods).
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
—Jonathan Swift
misotheist
One who has a hatred for God or gods.
misotramontanism
A hater of anything foreign or of the unknown; such as, "someone who hates what is beyond the mountains”.
misotramontanist
Someone who is averse to anything foreign or to the unknown; literally “one who hates what is beyond the mountains”.
misotyrannist
A hater of tyranny.
misoxene
A hater of strangers.
misoxenist
Someone who hates strangers.
misoxeny
The hatred of strangers.
nomomisia
A disgust or hatred for a particular name or for specific names.

Related "hate, hatred" word sources: odi-; stygio-.


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