English Explanatory Dictionary

homophobia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.
  2. Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards LGBT+ persons in general.
  3. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromia.
noun
  1. A pathological fear of mankind.

Pronunciation

/ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ /ˌhɒ.mə-/ /ˌhoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-homophobia.wav

Word forms

homophobia homophobias

Etymology

From homo- (short for and prefix of homosexual) + -phobia. Coined by American psychologist George Weinberg in 1971 in Society and the Healthy Homosexual.

Synonyms

gay-hate gaycism gayphobia heterosexism homoerotophobia homomisia homophobism LGBTphobia LGBTQphobia anthropophobia

Antonyms

homomania

Related words

homophobe homophobic homophobism heterosexism heterophobia heterophobism gaycism misanthropy androphobia gynophobia

Derived words

antihomophobia homophobiaphobia homophobist liberal homophobia
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