How to talk about personality types

Section 1

IDEAS

1. Me first?

An egoist

2. The height of conceit

An egotist

3. Let me help you

An altruist

4. Leave me alone

An introvert

5. Let's do it together

An extraovert

6. Neither extrame

An ambivert

7. People are no damn good

A misanthrope

8. Women are no damn good?

A misogynist

9. "marriage is an institution --- and who wants to live in an institution?"

A misogamist

10. "... that the flesh is heir to ..."

An ascetic


Section 2

ORIGINS AND RELATED WORDS

1. the ego?

"ego-" in egoist and egotist is from Latin root "ego", meaning "I".

trick: "t" stands for "talk", so egotist is the egoist who talks a lot :)

ego: denoting one's concept of oneself.

relating words:

egocentric: n, adj. extreme form of egoist.

egomaniac: n. mad form of egoist.

egomaniacal. adj of egomaniac.


2. others

"alter" is from Latin meaning other.

variant: "altru"

altruism: philosophy of altruists.

altruistic: for the benefits of others.

alternate: ?

alternate as ?an adj: skip one and the other.

alternate as a noun: the other person who take over the original choice is unable to attend.

alternative: other choice.

alteration: a change. (a making into something other)

altercation: a verbal dispute. (having other opinions)

alter ago: another self.


Section 3

1. depends on how you turn

"vert" is from Latin verb verto: to turn

intro-: inward

introvert: turn inwards

extro-: outward

extrovert: turn outwards

ambi-: both

ambivert: turn in both directions

ambidextrous: able to use both hands with equal skill.

ambidexterity: noun form of ambidextrous.

dexterous: right hand(Latin); clever with hands(English)

sinister: left hand(Latin); threating, evil, dangerous(English)

gauche: left hand(French); clumsy(English), more of a social sense.

gaucherie: rude.

droit: right hand(French)

adroit: skillful

adroitness: noun form of adroit.

They are generally used to describe people.


2. love, hate, and marriage

misein: to hate. (Greek root)

anthropos: mankind (Greek)

misanthrope: hates mankind.

gyne: women (Greek)

misogynist: hates women.

gamos: marriage (Greek)

misogamist: hates marriage

Anthropology: the study of human.

philanthropist: who loves human and help people

gynecologist: the medical specilist treating female disorders.

mono: one

monogamy: one marriage at a time.

bi: two

bigamy: two marriages at a time.

polys: many

polygamy: plural marriage for either males or females.

polygyny: A man has many wives.

polyandry: A woman has many husbands.

andros: male


3. making friends with suffixes.

-ist: a person

-y: a practice, attitude, etc.

-ic, -ous: an adjective.

Person: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Practice, etc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Adjective

(1) misanthrope or misanthropist ? ? ? ? ?misanthropy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?misanthropic

(2) misogynist ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?misogyny ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?misogynous or misogynistic ?

(3) gynecologist ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? gynecology ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?gynecogical

(4) monogamist ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? monogamy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? monogamous

(5) bigamist ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?bigamy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?bigamous

(6) polygamist ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?polygamy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?polygamous

(7) polygynist ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? polygyny ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? polygynyous

(8) polyandrist ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? polyandry ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?polyandrous

(9) philanthropist ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? philanthropy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? philanthopic

(10) anthropologist ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?anthropology ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?anthropological


4. living alone and liking it

Ascetic

asketes: monk hermit

asceticism: the practice of ascetic.

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