homophobe

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊb/, /ˈhɒ.mə-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊ.məˌfoʊb/

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• Rhymes: -əʊməfəʊb, -ɒməfəʊb
• Hyphenation: ho‧mo‧phobe

Etymology 1

Back-formation from homophobia, equivalent to homo- +‎ -phobe (notice in Greek it would refer to a self-hater).

Noun

homophobe (plural homophobes)

1. One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.

   Synonym: heterosexist

   Antonyms: gayphobe, lesbophobe

   Coordinate terms: biphobe, transphobe

   • 1997, Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot: An Autobiography, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL:

     That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand.

   • 2001 April 23, Henry Rollins, Talk Is Cheap, Volume I, published 3 January 2003:

     If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, "I am a homophobe!"

   • 2006, Robert Ordona, quoting Ang Lee, “"Brokeback Mountain" — as gay as it gets: An interview with Ang Lee”, in Gay.com‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 May 2006:

     To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie — culturally and psychologically — but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late.

   • 2022 December 6, LeAnna T. Luney, “Like our foremothers survived: Self-education, direct confrontation, and humor as resistance coping in Black womxn and femme college student being”, in Frontiers in Education, volume 7, →DOI, page 10:

     Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.

Derived terms

• homophobephobe
• homophobophobe
• homophobophobia

Related terms

• homophobia
• homophobic

Translations

one who exhibits homophobia

• Catalan: homòfob m, homòfoba f
• Dutch: homofoob (nl) m
• French: homophobe (fr) m or f
• Galician: homófobo m, homófoba f
• Georgian: ჰომოფობი (homopobi)
• German: Homophober m, Homophobe f, Homohasser m, Schwulenfeind m, Schwulenfeindin f, Schwulenhasser m, Schwulenhasserin f, Lesbenfeind m (regarding lesbians), Lesbenfeindin f (regarding lesbians), Schwulengegner m, Schwulengegnerin f
• Italian: omofobo (it) m, omofoba (it) f
• Polish: homofob (pl) m, homofobka f
• Portuguese: homófobo m, homófoba f, homofóbico (pt) m, homofóbica (pt) f
• Russian: гомофо́б (ru) m (gomofób), гомофо́бка (ru) f (gomofóbka), геененави́стник m (gejenenavístnik)
• Scots: homofeartie
• Spanish: homófobo m, homófoba f, homofóbico (es) m, homofóbica f
• Swedish: homofob (sv) c

Etymology 2

From homo- (“man; same”) +‎ -phobe.

Noun

homophobe (plural homophobes)

1. A person who fears sameness.
2. A person who fears men.

French

Etymology

Back-formation from homophobie, equivalent to homo- +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.mɔ.fɔb/

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Adjective

homophobe (plural homophobes)

1. homophobic
   • 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde‎^[2]:

     Des monceaux de messages racistes, antisémites, misogynes ou homophobes s’étalent en permanence sur les réseaux sociaux, générés par des individus, mais aussi par des automates, soufflant sur les braises et semant le désordre à grande échelle.

     Heaps of racist, antisemitic, misogynist, or homophobic messages are constantly spreading on social networks, generated by individuals, but also by bots, blowing on embers and sowing disorder on a grand scale.

Noun

homophobe m or f by sense (plural homophobes)

1. homophobe

German

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Adjective

homophobe

1. inflection of homophob:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular