heterophobia

== English == === Etymology === From hetero- +‎ -phobia. === Noun === heterophobia (uncountable) The fear or resentment of what is different. The fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality. Synonym: (very rare) heterophobism Coordinate term: homophobia 2004/2005, Abigail Garner, Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is, pages 213–214: […] a panel of teenagers of LGBT parents […] voiced concern about what they called "heterophobia"—they wished their parents weren't so negative and distrusting of straight people. Even suggesting that heterophobia exists for these children understandably evokes angry and skeptical responses because homo-hostile people have used the same word to support a bogus claim that gay rights discrimination against heterosexuals. 2008 January 20, "Chief Thracian" (username), "Re: Under Attack", in alt.religion.shamanism and other newsgroups, Usenet: Accusing a gay person of heterophobia is like accusing a Jew of Naziphobia. The fear or resentment of the opposite sex. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====