- homophobia
- noun Date: 1969 irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals • homophobic adjective
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
homophobia
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Homophobia — (from Greek homós : one and the same; phóbos : fear, phobia) is an irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality.cite web|url=http://www.webster.com/dictionary/homophobia|title=webster.com|accessdate=2008 01… … Wikipedia
homophobia — hom o*pho bi*a, n. A strong dislike or fear of homosexuals, especially to an unreasonable degree. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
homophobia — ► NOUN ▪ an extreme and irrational aversion to homosexuality and homosexuals. DERIVATIVES homophobe noun homophobic adjective … English terms dictionary
homophobia — [hō΄mə fō′bē ə] n. [ HOMO(SEXUAL) + PHOBIA] irrational hatred or fear of homosexuals or homosexuality homophobe [hō′məfōb΄] n. homophobic [hō΄məfō′bik] adj … English World dictionary
homophobia — A term coined by George Weinberg, in Society and the Healthy Homosexual (1972), to refer to the psychological fear of homosexuality. Scaling devices have been used to measure it, and a number of studies have pointed to the characteristic… … Dictionary of sociology
HOMOPHOBIA — (лат.) боязнь гомосексуализма. Хотя нередко утверждалось, что homophobia личностная черта, более плодотворным является исследование социальных условий, при которых запрещается гомосексуальное поведение (в Англии и Уэльсе это произошло в 1885 г.,… … Большой толковый социологический словарь
homophobia — [[t]hɒ̱məfo͟ʊbiə[/t]] N UNCOUNT Homophobia is a strong and unreasonable dislike of homosexual people, especially homosexual men … English dictionary
homophobia — homophobic, adj. /hoh meuh foh bee euh/, n. unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality. [1955 60; HOMO(SEXUAL) + PHOBIA] * * * … Universalium
homophobia — noun /ˌhɒ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə,ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ a) Fear of homosexuals. b) Antipathy towards homosexuals. Syn: anthropophobia, homoerotophobia See Also: homophobe, homophobic … Wiktionary
homophobia — Irrational fear of homosexual feelings, thoughts, behaviors, or persons. internalized h. h. occurring in a homosexual person, often associated with self loathing, self censure, and self censorship. * * * ho·mo·pho·bia .hō mə fō bē ə n irrational… … Medical dictionary
