homophobia en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌhoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ (General-American)
- /ˌhɒ.mə-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der. German homo- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. German sexual German homosexualbor. English homosexualbf. English homo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English homophobia From homo- (short for and prefix of homosexual) + -phobia. Coined by American psychologist George Weinberg in 1971 in Society and the Healthy Homosexual.
Meanings
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(countable, qualifier:strictly, uncountable) Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.
Thinly-veiled homophobia – this time in early-2000s Hollywood – made Brokeback Mountain an immense challenge for Ossana and her fellow producer James Schamus.
2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC:He lost his racism when he worked with a black man in Chicago. He lost his homophobia when he was befriended and looked after by his gay neighbors, a doctor and a nurse, in Little Rock.
2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 45–46:
- (broadly, countable, uncountable) Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards LGBTQ people in general.
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(Internet, alt-of, countable, deliberate, humorous, misspelling, uncountable) Deliberate misspelling of heterochromia.
alt of heterochromia
A beautiful cat with homophobia in her 💙 eyes 🧡
A dog with homophobia in its eyes ✨✨
2023 September 11, @Radstads, Twitter:beautiful rabbit with homophobia
2025 August 2, anonymous author, /vg/ - Video Game Generals, 4chan, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| homophobias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
homophobist · liberal homophobia · antihomophobia · homophobiaphobia
Hypernyms
inequality · discrimination · narrow-mindedness · one-sidedness · bias · jaundiced eye · clannishness · bigotry · inequity · chauvinism · partisanship · intolerance
Relateds
gaycism · heterosexism · heterophobia · homophobe · homophobism · heterophobism · homophobic
Synonyms
gaycism · LGBTphobia · queerphobia · homomisia · gayphobia · homoerotophobia · gay-hate · heterosexism · LGBTQphobia · homophobism
Translations (73)
cmn 恐同 (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · he הוֹמוֹפוֹבְּיָה (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · co omufubia (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · it omofobia (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · ja 同性愛嫌悪 (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · de Homofeindlichkeit (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · nl homofobie (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · ko 동성애 혐오 (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · cmn 恐同症 (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · ja ホモフォビア (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · nn homofobi (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · sc omofobìa (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · be гамафо́бія (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · is hommafælni (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · mk хомофобија (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · es homofobia (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · eo homofobio (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · sv homofobi (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · fa هوموفوبیا (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · eo kontraŭsamseksemo (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · fi homokammo (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · mn хомофоби (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · ur ہوموفوبیا (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · sl homofobija (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · la homophobia (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · fi homoviha (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · vi ghê sợ đồng tính luyến ái (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · de Schwulenfeindlichkeit (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · fa همجنسگراهراسی (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · pl homofobia (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · mi mae takatāpui (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · bg хомофо́бия (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · hi होमोफोबिया (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · nb homofobi (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · ga homafóibe (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · ca homofòbia (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · pt homofobia (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · az homofobiya (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · ru гомофо́бия (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · is hommahatur (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · ka ჰომოფობია (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · io homeofobio (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · is ótti við samkynhneigð (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · sk homofóbia (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · tr homofobi (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · ro homofobie (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · fi homofobia (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · gl homofobia (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · da homofobi (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · de Homophobie (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · ar هُومُوفُوبِيَا (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · cs homofobie (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · hu homofóbia (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · uk гомофо́бія (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · fr homophobie (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · co omufubìa (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · sw ubaguzi wa mashoga (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · et homofoobia (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · el ομοφοβία (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · ko 호모포비아 (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · ar رُهَاب اَلْمِثْلِيَّة (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · fa همجنسگراستیزی (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · lv homofobija (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · sh homofobija (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · lt homofobija (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · hy հոմոֆոբիա (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · id homofobia (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · eo gejfobio (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · th โฮโมโฟเบีย (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · sh хомофобија (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · fy homofoby (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · cmn 同性戀恐懼症 /同性恋恐惧症 (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) · mt omofobija (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals)