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From atoms to democracy, English leans on ancient Greek for the vocabulary of science, thought, and everyday life.

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103 words in Mind & Emotion

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Abulia

Mind
ἀ-a-

“without will”

Acedia

Mind
ἀ-a-

“not caring”

Acrophobia

Mind
ἄκρονákron

“dread of high points”

Agnosia

Mind
ἀ-a-

“not knowing”

Agony

Mind
ἀγωνίαagōnía

“contest-struggle”

Agoraphobia

Mind
ἀγοράagorá

“fear of the assembly place”

Akathisia

Mind
ἀ-a-

“inability to sit”

Alexithymia

Mind
ἀ-a-

“no words for feeling”

Alogia

Mind
ἀ-a-

“without speech”

Amusia

Mind
ἀ-a-

“without music”

Androgyny

Mind
ἀνήρanḗr

“man-woman”

Anergia

Mind
ἀν-an-

“without work”

Anhedonia

Mind
ἀν-an-

“without pleasure”

Anomia

Mind
ἀ-a-

“without a name”

Anosognosia

Mind
ἀ-a-

“no knowledge of the illness”

Antipathy

Mind
ἀντίantí

“feeling against”

Apathy

Mind
ἀ-a-

“without feeling”

Aphantasia

Mind
ἀ-a-

“without image-making”

Apophenia

Mind
ἀπόapó

“a showing forth from”

Arachnophobia

Mind
ἀράχνηarákhnē

“fear of spiders”

Archetype

Mind
ἀρχήarchḗ

“first-struck pattern”

Autism

Mind
αὐτόςautós

“state of the self”

Catatonia

Mind
κατάkatá

“tension throughout”

Catharsis

Mind
κάθαρσιςkátharsis

“a cleansing”

Charisma

Mind
χάρισμαchárisma

“a thing given as a favour”

Coprolalia

Mind
κόπροςkópros

“dung talk”

Cyclothymia

Mind
κύκλοςkýklos

“circling spirit”

Dipsomania

Mind
δίψαdípsa

“thirst madness”

Dysgraphia

Mind
δυσ-dys-

“difficult writing”

Dyslexia

Mind
δυσ-dys-

“difficulty with words”

Dysphoria

Mind
δυσ-dys-

“hard to bear”

Dyspraxia

Mind
δυσ-dys-

“difficult doing”

Dysthymia

Mind
δυσ-dys-

“bad spirit”

Eccentric

Mind
ἐκek

“off the center”

Echolalia

Mind
ἠχώēkhṓ

“echo-talk”

Echopraxia

Mind
ἠχώēkhṓ

“echo-action”

Ecstasy

Mind
ἐκek

“standing outside oneself”

Eros

Mind
ἔρωςérōs

“desire”

Erotomania

Mind
ἔρωςérōs

“love madness”

Euphoria

Mind
εὖeû

“bearing well”

Euthymia

Mind
εὖeû

“good spirit”

Fancy

Mind
φαντασίαphantasía

“a making visible”

Fantasy

Mind
φαντασίαphantasía

“a making visible”

Frantic

Mind
φρενιτικόςphrenitikós

“suffering in the mind”

Frenzy

Mind
φρενῖτιςphrenîtis

“inflammation of the mind”

Hubris

Mind
ὕβριςhýbris

“wanton violence”

Hyperlexia

Mind
ὑπέρhypér

“beyond words”

Hypnagogic

Mind
ὕπνοςhýpnos

“leading into sleep”