SUFFIXES

Suffix

Definition

Example

-agog, -agogue

leader

demagogue, pedagogue

-cide

kill(ing)

patricide, infanticide, herbicide. suicide

-ectomy

cutting

appendectomy, splenectomy

-ia, -y

act, state

amnesia, mania, democracy, anarchy

-ic, -tic, -ical, -ac

having to do with

anthropomorphic, dramatic, biblical, cardiac

-ics

things having to do with

optics, physics

-isk, -iscus

small

asterisk--a little star

-ism

the belief in

pacifism, terrorism, socialism, communism

-ist

one who believes in

pacifist, terrorist, socialist, communist

-ite

one connected with

meteorite, polite, cosmopolite

-logy

study field of

biology, geology, etymology, cardiology

-oid

resembling, like-shaped

asteroid, spheroid

-or, -er

one who takes part in

doctor, actor, teacher, driver

-phobia

exaggerated fear

photophobia, claustrophobia, agoraphobia

-sis

act, state, condition of

analysis