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gay-hate en · NOUN

Etymology

From gay + hate.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Dislike or hatred of homosexuals.
    • The designation of these homicides as 'gay-hate' killings was avoided as a prior classification of the sexuality of each victim. 2013, Stephen Tomsen, Violence, Prejudice and Sexuality:
    • Kansas-based church has caused controversy by preaching gay-hate […] 2015, Thom Lieb, Editing for the Digital Age:
    • As a result, the linkage between race-hate, gay-hate, and misogyny is evident (Sheffield, 1992: 389), but the centrality of race and gender in the gay and lesbian activism dealing with violence is negligible. 2002, Diane Richardson, Steven Seidman, Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies:
    • They were traditionally assigned the high-profile cases that could end up in the newspaper or involved key citizens of Indianapolis, such as the murder of a bank officer in what appeared to be a gay-hate homicide. 2015, Isaac Ritter, The Prudent Man:

Synonyms

homophobia