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2,729 words · 0 Greek roots
103 words in Mind & Emotion
Abulia
Mind“without will”
Acedia
Mind“not caring”
Acrophobia
Mind“dread of high points”
Agnosia
Mind“not knowing”
Agony
Mind“contest-struggle”
Agoraphobia
Mind“fear of the assembly place”
Akathisia
Mind“inability to sit”
Alexithymia
Mind“no words for feeling”
Alogia
Mind“without speech”
Amusia
Mind“without music”
Androgyny
Mind“man-woman”
Anergia
Mind“without work”
Anhedonia
Mind“without pleasure”
Anomia
Mind“without a name”
Anosognosia
Mind“no knowledge of the illness”
Antipathy
Mind“feeling against”
Apathy
Mind“without feeling”
Aphantasia
Mind“without image-making”
Apophenia
Mind“a showing forth from”
Arachnophobia
Mind“fear of spiders”
Archetype
Mind“first-struck pattern”
Autism
Mind“state of the self”
Catatonia
Mind“tension throughout”
Catharsis
Mind“a cleansing”
Charisma
Mind“a thing given as a favour”
Coprolalia
Mind“dung talk”
Cyclothymia
Mind“circling spirit”
Dipsomania
Mind“thirst madness”
Dysgraphia
Mind“difficult writing”
Dyslexia
Mind“difficulty with words”
Dysphoria
Mind“hard to bear”
Dyspraxia
Mind“difficult doing”
Dysthymia
Mind“bad spirit”
Eccentric
Mind“off the center”
Echolalia
Mind“echo-talk”
Echopraxia
Mind“echo-action”
Ecstasy
Mind“standing outside oneself”
Eros
Mind“desire”
Erotomania
Mind“love madness”
Euphoria
Mind“bearing well”
Euthymia
Mind“good spirit”
Fancy
Mind“a making visible”
Fantasy
Mind“a making visible”
Frantic
Mind“suffering in the mind”
Frenzy
Mind“inflammation of the mind”
Hubris
Mind“wanton violence”
Hyperlexia
Mind“beyond words”
Hypnagogic
Mind“leading into sleep”