The Aldrich Dictionary of Phobias and Other Word Families

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  • Author : Chris Aldrich
  • Release Date : 2002
  • Publisher : Trafford Publishing
  • Genre : English language
  • Pages : 394
  • ISBN 13 : 155369886X
  • File Size : 92,92 MB
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The Aldrich Dictionary of Phobias and Other Word Families by Chris Aldrich PDF Summary

Book Description: Do you know the difference between words such as 'ananymy', 'anonymy' and 'euonymy'? Of course you are familiar with everyday terms like 'homicide' and 'suicide', but are you sure about 'felicide', 'femicide' and 'feticide'? If not, this is the book for you. The Aldrich Dictionary of Phobias and Other Word Families is an authoritative guide to a selection of almost nine thousand terms, many of which are found in specialist technical books and journals or other arcane literary sources only, and features among other: A unique arrangement of words, based on 100 familiar and not so familiar English word roots, i.e. -agogue, -ambulation, -animity, -anthropy, -archy, -aster, -biosis, -bund, -chore, -cide, -clast, -cole, -cosmic, -cracy, -culture, -deme, -demonic, -diction, -digitate, -drome, -duction, -ennial, -esthesia, -facient, -fauna, -fluence, -form, -fuge, -glot, -glyph, -gnomy, -gon, -gony, -grade, -graphy, -iatrics/iatry, -jection, -lagnia, -latry, -lepsy, -logy, -loquy/loqu-ence, -lucence, -lude, -machy, -mancy, -mathy, -mania, -mer, -mere, -metry, -mimetic, -mnesia, -nasty, -naut, -nik, -noia, -nomy, -onymy, -orama, -orexia, -ousia, -parous, -pathy, -poeia, -phagy, -phany, -phily, -phobia, -phrenia, -phyly, -polis, -poly, -potence, -rogate, -rrhoea, -ruption, -science, -script, -sere, -sexuality, -sophy, -spermia, -stat, -staxis, -taxis, -techny, -thanasia, -theism, -therapy, -therm(ia), -trophy, -tropy, -urgy, -version, -volant, -volence, -volution, -vore, -xeny. A comprehensive survey of each root listed above and an etymological explanation of each suffix. A complete alphabetical index to all main and runon entries in the book. So whether you are a media professional, crossword enthusiast or just keen to improve your vocabulary, in The Aldrich Dictionary of Phobias and Other Word Families you will find a unique reference and a valuable supplement to your standard dictionaries.

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