homophobia

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/, /ˌhɒ.mə-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ Rhymes: -əʊbiə Hyphenation: ho‧mo‧pho‧bia === Etymology 1 === From homo- (short for and prefix of homosexual) +‎ -phobia. Coined by American psychologist George Weinberg in 1971 in Society and the Healthy Homosexual. ==== Noun ==== homophobia (countable and uncountable, plural homophobias) (strictly) Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals. [from 1971] Synonyms: gay-hate, gaycism, gayphobia, heterosexism, homoerotophobia, homomisia, homophobism Antonym: homomania Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:prejudice Hyponyms: gayphobia, lesbophobia, dykephobia (by extension, loosely) Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards LGBT+ persons in general. Synonyms: LGBTphobia, LGBTQphobia Hyponyms: acephobia, biphobia, transphobia (Internet slang, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of heterochromia. [from 2021] ===== Usage notes ===== In the 1990s, behavioral scientists William O'Donohue and Christine Caselles argued that the term homophobia was pejorative. In 2012, the Associated Press Stylebook was revised to advise against using -phobia words in non-clinical ways, and AP editor Dave Minthorn suggested replacing "homophobic" with "anti-gay". ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== heterosexism heterophobia heterophobism gaycism ==== Further reading ==== homophobia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === Latin homo (“man”) + -phobia (“fear”) ==== Noun ==== homophobia (uncountable) (obsolete) A pathological fear of mankind. Synonym: anthropophobia ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== misanthropy androphobia gynophobia === References === === Further reading === “homophobia”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “homophobia”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “homophobia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “homophobia”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “Beautiful Cat with Homophobia”, in Know Your Meme, website launched 2007