homophobe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒməˌfəʊb], [ˈhəʊməˌfəʊb]

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Etymology 1

Recent definition:

Back-formation from homophobia, equivalent to homo (“homosexual”) +‎ -phobe

Noun

homophobe (plural homophobes)

1. A person who is prejudiced against homosexuals and homosexuality.
   • 2001 April 23, Henry Rollins, Talk Is Cheap, Volume I, published 2003 January 3:

     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], retrieved 2006-05-19:

     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.

Synonyms

• heterosexist

Coordinate terms

• biphobe
• heterophobe
• transphobe

Hyponyms

• lesbophobe

Related terms

• biphobia
• biphobic
• heterophobia
• heterophobic
• homophobia
• homophobic
• transphobia
• transphobic

 

Translations

person who is prejudiced against homosexuals and homosexuality

• Catalan: homòfob m
• Dutch: homofoob (nl) m
• French: homophobe (fr) m or f
• Galician: homófobo m, homófoba f
• German: Homophober m, Homophobe f, Schwulenfeind m, Schwulenfeindin f, Schwulenhasser m, Schwulenhasserin f, Lesbenfeind m (regarding lesbians), Lesbenfeindin f (regarding lesbians), Schwulengegner m, Schwulengegnerin f
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• 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

Etymology 2

Originally:

homo- (“same; man”) +‎ -phobe

Noun

homophobe (plural homophobes)

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

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French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

homophobe (plural homophobes)

1. homophobic

Noun

homophobe m or f (plural homophobes)

1. homophobe

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German

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