English dictionary · noun
homophobia
Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.
Meaning and definitions
- Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.
- Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards LGBT+ persons in general.
- Deliberate misspelling of heterochromia.
Connected roots
- -phobia
fear
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- claustrophobia
extreme or irrational fear of confined places
- homophobe
One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.
- agoraphobia
The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
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