homophobia
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homophobia¹
- /ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ UK
- /ˌhɒ.mə-/ UK
- /ˌhoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ US
Rhymes with -əʊbiə
Where it comes from
From homo- (short for and prefix of homosexual) + -phobia. Coined by American psychologist George Weinberg in 1971 in Society and the Healthy Homosexual.
noun homophobias
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Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.
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.
Similar: gay-hate, gaycism, gayphobia, heterosexism, homoerotophobia, homomisia, homophobism · Opposite: homomania
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Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards LGBTQ people in general.
Similar: LGBTphobia, LGBTQphobia, queerphobia
- Deliberate misspelling of heterochromia A beautiful cat with homophobia in her 💙 eyes 🧡
homophobia²
- /ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ UK
- /ˌhɒ.mə-/ UK
- /ˌhoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ US
Rhymes with -əʊbiə
Where it comes from
Latin homo (“man”) + -phobia (“fear”)
noun
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A pathological fear of mankind.
Similar: anthropophobia
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: xenophobia, gay-hate, homophobophobia, homophobe, gayphobia, anti-homosexualism, homoerotophobia, homomisia, heterophobia, homoprejudice, homophobism, homophobiaphobia, gayphobe, antihomophobia, lesbophobia, homosexism
Translations
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noun fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals
| Español | homofobia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 호모포비아 homopobia, 동성애 혐오 dongseong'ae hyeomo |
| 日本語 | ホモフォビア homofobia, 同性愛嫌悪 dōseiai ken'o |
| 中文 | 同性戀恐懼症 /同性恋恐惧症 tóngxìngliàn kǒngjùzhèng, 恐同 kǒngtóng, 恐同症 kǒngtóngzhèng |
| हिन्दी | होमोफोबिया homophobiyā |
| Kiswahili | ubaguzi wa mashoga |
| Português | homofobia |
| Français | homophobie |
| Deutsch | Homophobie, Homofeindlichkeit, Schwulenfeindlichkeit |
| Italiano | omofobia |
| Ελληνικά | ομοφοβία omofovía |
| Română | homofobie |
| Русский | гомофо́бия gomofóbija |
| Tiếng Việt | ghê sợ đồng tính luyến ái |
| العربية | رُهَاب اَلْمِثْلِيَّة ruhāb al-miṯliyya, هُومُوفُوبِيَا humufūbiyā, homofobiyā |
| עברית | הוֹמוֹפוֹבְּיָה |
noun pathological fear of mankind
| Português | homofobia |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Anthropophobie |
Talk about this word "homophobia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/homophobia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. homophobia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/homophobia "homophobia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/homophobia.Cite this
@misc{homophobia_2026,
title = {homophobia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/homophobia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
