Meaning Homophobia
What does Homophobia mean? Here you find 33 meanings of the word Homophobia. You can also add a definition of Homophobia yourself

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Homophobia


The fear and hatred of or discomfort with people who are attracted to members of the same sex.
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Homophobia


the fear or dislike of someone who identifies as lesbian or gay.
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(noun) an umbrella term for a range of negative attitudes (e.g., fear, anger, intolerance, resentment, erasure, or discomfort) that one may have towards members of LGBTQ community. The term can also c [..]
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Homophobia


The fear of homosexuality as expressed by demeaning images in media texts.
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Homophobia


Fear of people who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual.
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An irrational hostility, hatred, or fear of homosexuals.
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Negative attitudes, feelings, or irrational aversion to, fear or hatred of gay, lesbian, or people and communities, or of behaviours stereotyped as “homosexual.” It is used to signify a hostile psycho [..]
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Homophobia


Fear of homosexuals.
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Homophobia


Irrational fear of homosexuality or homosexuals. Termium
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Homophobia


An aggravated form of heterosexism. Fear of homosexuality.
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Homophobia


The unreasonable hatred of homosexuals.
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Homophobia


Fear, hatred or loathing of homosexuals.
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Homophobia is the term that refers to a chronic and unreasoning fear of, dislike for and/or hatred of homosexuality or homosexual/bisexual/transgendered individuals. This attitude can come from any of [..]
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Homophobia includes hatred or fear of homosexuality. It is also defined as a desire or attempt to discriminate homosexuals. Generally, homophobia is placed in the same class as racism. where hatred, f [..]
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(n) prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality
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Homophobia


  Irrational fear of homosexual feelings, thoughts or persons.
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An irrational fear of or aversion to homosexuals (see homosexuality).
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Differential treatment or unequal access to opportunities or services based on perceived homosexual preference or Orientation.
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Irrational fear, hatred, prejudice or negative attitudes toward homosexuality and people who are gay, or lesbian, in both subtle and extreme forms. Homophobia includes behaviors such as jokes, name-ca [..]
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Fear of lesbians and gay men. Prejudice is usually a more accurate description of hatred or antipathy toward LGBT people.
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the irrational aversion to, fear or hatred of gay, lesbian or bisexual people and communities, or of behaviours stereotyped as “homosexual.”
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 The irrational hatred and fear of lesbian, gay, and queer people.  It can also impact the lives of bisexual, pansexual, transgender, intersex and asexual people.  In a broader sense, any disapproval [..]
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Homophobia


Negative attitudes, including hatred, fear, and/or contempt, directed toward gays and lesbians. (ch. 12, p. 301)
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any criticism or negative sentiment that affects homosexuals, regardless of validity. Note: Most social justice warriors deny the possibility of bigotry against heterosexuals, due to their belief that bigotry is a combination of prejudice and power.
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Homophobia


Irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals
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Homophobia


Fear and hatred of homosexuals.
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(derogatory) Fear, dislikeen|homoerotophobia,colloquial,fi|homoviha * French: (homophobie,f) * Galician:is|hommafælni|f,is|ótti við samkynhneigð|m,is|hommahatur|n * Ido:la|homo||man +en|anthropophob [..]
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Homophobia


Refers to the hatred or fear of gay
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Homophobia


Prejudice against gay or lesbian people (sometimes also used regarding bisexual people, although the specific term used for this is biphobia).
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Homophobia


the fear or hatred of homosexuality (and other nonheterosexual identities) and persons perceived to be gay or lesbian
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The dislike, fear or hatred of people who are gay or lesbian. It is often used to describe prejudice towards bisexual and transgender people too, but the terms biphobia
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Homophobia


Irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals — homophobic adj.
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Homophobia


The irrational fear and intolerance of people who are homosexual or of homosexual feelings within one's self. This assumes that heterosexuality is superior.
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