homophobia

Definition

Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.

Etymology

From homo- (short for and prefix of homosexual) + -phobia. Coined by American psychologist George Weinberg in 1971 in Society and the Healthy Homosexual.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "Thinly-veiled homophobia – this time in early-2000s Hollywood – made Brokeback Mountain an immense challenge for Ossana and her fellow producer James Schamus."
• "A beautiful cat with homophobia in her 💙 eyes 🧡"

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