Dictionary

heterophobia en · NOUN

Etymology

From hetero- + -phobia.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The fear or resentment of what is different.
   • Taguieff writes synonimically^([sic]) of racism and heterophobia (resentment of the different). […] Heterophobia seems to be a focused manifestation of a still wider phenomenon of anxiety aroused by the feeling that one has no control over the situation, […] 2013, Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, →ISBN, page 116:
2. (uncountable) The fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality.
   • […] a panel of teenagers of LGBT parents […] voiced concern about what they called "heterophobia"—they wished their parents weren't so negative and distrusting of straight people. Even suggesting that heterophobia exists for these children understandably evokes angry and skeptical responses because homo-hostile people have used the same word to support a bogus claim that gay rights discrimination against heterosexuals. 2004/2005, Abigail Garner, Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is, pages 213–214
   • Accusing a gay person of heterophobia is like accusing a Jew of Naziphobia. 2008 January 20, "Chief Thracian" (username), "Re: Under Attack", in alt.religion.shamanism and other newsgroups, Usenet
   • Some gay and lesbian counselors may need to reflect on another bias referred to as heterophobia, which is fear or dislike of heterosexuals […] 2011, Mark S. Kiselica, Matt Englar-Carlson, Arthur M. Horne, Counseling Troubled Boys: A Guidebook for Professionals, page 253:
3. (uncountable) The fear or resentment of the opposite sex.

Coordinates

homophobia

Deriveds

heterophobe · heterophobic

Synonyms

heterophobism

Translations (14)

gl heterofobia (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality) · ka ჰეტეროფობია (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality) · hu heterofóbia (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality) · de Heterophobie (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality) · ar رهاب الاختلاف (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality) · el ετεροφοβία (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality) · fr hétérophobie (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality) · pl heterofobia (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality) · sv heterofobi (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality) · it eterofobia (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality) · es heterofobia (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality) · cs heterofobie (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality) · pt heterofobia (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality) · ca heterofòbia (fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality)