homophobia
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- noun
- /ˌhoʊməˈfoʊbiə/
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homofobia
- Many schools are implementing programs to reduce homophobia among students and promote acceptance.
- homophobia against homosexuals
- internalized homophobia
- sexism and homophobia
We we don't believe in racism or homophobia or sexism.
- We we don't believe in racism or homophobia or sexism.
- Your authoritarianism, your racism, your homophobia, your misogyny.
- How is racism slash homophobia in Korea?
- We don't like misogyny, we don't like homophobia.
- If I say that you, I detect in you virulent homophobia and therefore you shouldn't be employed.
- There are still pockets of racism, pockets of homophobia.
- And it was clearly driven by homophobia and, and the communities that were being affected.
- I know what homophobia looks like, and that person was not homophobic.
- There's still elitism, there's still racism, there's still sexism, and there's certainly still rampant homophobia.
- Nobody was talking about homophobia, at least not in any sources that I've seen.
- And I've fallen foul of this before because I live in a very happy world where there is no, in my little world, there is no racism, homophobia, sexism, bullying.
- Safety, You know, homophobia back in the day was getting your head kicked in and being called a queer.
- He said I'm not going to let you homophobia stop that little man's dreams.
- Why is homophobia such a drawing card in the region?
- The women that enable racism, homophobia, and white supremacy.
Examples
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I have the sense to know racism and homophobia exist.
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Do you mind if we use our platform as black men, you know, to speak on homophobia in the black community?
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Why is homophobia such a drawing card in the region?
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And the black church, I think religion plays a big part of, of homophobia in, in like our society today.
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Is there a support group that I can join... to help me come to terms with my own homophobia?
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I think he struggled with homophobia, like lots of people his age.
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One way to cope with this inequality, homophobia, and hate is through education.
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In the predominantly heterosexual American society, inequality, homophobia, and hate of gay people continue to exist.
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Issues like racism or sexism or the issue that we've been fighting in this century, homophobia, those are hard issues.
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That the prejudice, the homophobia, the, the sexism, the, the, the lack of equality.
Synonyms
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An unfair dislike of people from other groups like different races or religions
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Not willing to accept small annoyances or people with different views
A negative feeling or belief about gay and lesbian people
Antonyms
How Prejudiced
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Etymology
Homophobia combines homo- meaning 'same' and -phobia meaning 'fear' (the same -phobia you see in words for a fear, like arachnophobia). So homophobia literally means a 'fear or dislike of people of the same sex', which is why we use it for prejudice against gay people and homosexuality.