homophobia

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌhɒ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/, /ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/, X-SAMPA: /%hQ.m@"f@U.bI.@/, /%h@U.m@"f@Ub.I@/
• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Etymology 1

homo (from homosexual) +‎ -phobia, coined in 1971 by George Weinberg in Society and the Healthy Homosexual.

Noun

homophobia (uncountable)

1. Fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals.

Synonyms

• (fear of homosexuality): homoerotophobia

Derived terms

• internalised homophobia

Related terms

• homophobe
• homophobic

Translations

fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals

• Arabic: رهاب المثلية (ar) (ruhaab al-mithlíyya) f, هوموفوبيا (ar) (humufubiya, homofobiya) f
• Armenian: հոմոֆոբիա (hy) (homofobia)
• Azeri: homofobiya (az)
• Belarusian: гамафобія (be) (hamafóbija) f
• Bulgarian: хомофобия (bg) (homofóbija) f
• Catalan: homofòbia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同性戀恐懼症 (cmn), 同性恋恐惧症 (cmn) (tóngxìngliàn kǒngjùzhèng)

• Czech: homofobie (cs) f
• Danish: homofobi (da)
• Esperanto: gejfobio (eo), homofobio (eo)
• Estonian: homofoobia (et)
• Finnish: homofobia (fi), homokammo (fi) (colloquial), (hatred) homoviha (fi)
• French: homophobie (fr) f
• Georgian: ჰომოფობია (ka) (homop‘obia)
• German: Homophobie (de) f
• Greek: ομοφοβία (el) (omofovía) f
• Hebrew: הומופוביה (he) f
• Hungarian: homofóbia (hu)
• Icelandic: (fear) hommafælni (is) f, (fear of homosexuality) ótti við samkynhneigð (is) m, (hatred) hommahatur (is) n
• Irish: homafóibe (ga) f
• Italian: omofobia (it)

• Japanese: ホモフォビア (ja) (homofobia), 同性愛嫌悪 (ja) (どうせいあいけんお, dōseiai ken'o)
• Korean: 호모포비아 (ko) (homopobia)
• Latin: homophobia (la) f
• Latvian: homofobija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: homofobija (lt) f
• Macedonian: хомофобија (mk) (homofóbija) f
• Norwegian: homofobi (no)
• Persian: هوموفوبیا (fa) (humufubiyâ)
• Polish: homofobia (pl) f
• Portuguese: homofobia (pt) f
• Romanian: homofobie (ro) f
• Russian: гомофобия (ru) (gomofóbija) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хомофобија (sh) f

  Roman: homofobija (sh) f

• Slovak: homofóbia (sk) f
• Slovene: homofobija (sl) f
• Spanish: homofobia (es) f
• Swedish: homofobi (sv)
• Thai: โฮโมโฟเบีย (th) (hoh-moh-foh-bia)
• Turkish: homofobi (tr)
• Ukrainian: гомофобія (uk) (homofóbija) f
• Vietnamese: ghê sợ đồng tính luyến ái (vi)

See also

• heterosexism
• Homophobia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Latin homo (“man”) + phobia (“fear”)

Noun

homophobia (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, individual occurrences) A pathological fear of mankind.

Synonyms

• (fear of mankind): anthropophobia

Related terms

• homophobe
• homophobic

Translations

obsolete: pathological fear of mankind

• Catalan: antropofòbia (ca) f
• Finnish: antropofobia (fi)

• German: Anthropophobie (de) f
• Portuguese: homofobia (pt) f

See also

• misanthropy
• androphobia
• gynophobia