Theme: Love /Hate/ Marriage Phil/phile ( root word): Meaning: love Words: Philanthropist: one who loves mankind Misein( root word): Meaning: hate Words: Misanthrope: one who hates mankind Misogynist: one who hates women Misogamist: one who hates marriage How to remember : Split the words- misein means hate and anthrope means mankind Anthropology: study about mankind Similarly gyna/ gyne means women. Gynecologist : one who treats women problems Gamos( root word): Meaning : marriage Words: misogamist: who hates marriage Mono/bi / poly: means one /two/multiple respectively Words: Monogamy: custom of only one marriage Bigamy: by root word it is two marriages but actually its the unlawful act of contracting another marriage without divorcing ones current legal spouse Polygamy: multiple marriages These kind of marriages is explicitly followed by people who can afford multiple spouses as they are financially and emotionally sound Andros/ andra ( root word) Meaning: male Words: Polyandry: custom of having more than one husband Polygyny: as we learnt that gyne- is for women .....this is a custom of having multiple wives.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:01:29 +0000
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