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homophobia

/ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.
  2. Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards LGBT+ persons in general.
  3. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromia.
  4. A pathological fear of mankind.

Etymology / origin

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

  1. homo(Latin)
  2. homophobia (English)
  3. Relations: uder

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