Homophobia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ËŒhÉ’.məˈfəʊ.bi.É™/, /ËŒhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.É™/
• Rhymes: -əʊbiÉ™

homo (from homosexual) + -phobia, coined in 1971 by George Weinberg (psychologist) in Society and the Healthy Homosexual.

Full definition of homophobia

Noun

1. Fear, dislike, or hate of gays and lesbians.

Synonyms

• (fear of homosexuality) homoerotophobia, heterosexism

Hyponyms

• gayphobia
• lesbophobia

Derived terms

• internalised homophobia

Related terms

• homophobe
• homophobic

Latin homo ("man") + phobia ("fear")

Noun

1. (obsolete, individual occurrences) A pathological fear of mankind.

Synonyms

• (fear of mankind) anthropophobia

Related terms

• homophobe
• homophobic