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homophobia

/ˌhoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables
ho-mo-pho-bia
IPA
/ˌhoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards LGBTQ people in general.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Deliberate misspelling of heterochromia.

Countable; Humorous; Uncountable

noun

A pathological fear of mankind.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der. German homo- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. German sexual German homosexualbor. English homosexualbf. English homo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English homophobia From homo- (short for and prefix of homosexual) + -phobia. Coined by American psychologist George Weinberg in 1971 in Society and the Healthy Homosexual.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌhoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
  • British English: /ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

homophobias (plural)

Derived Forms

antihomophobia homophobiaphobia homophobist

Phrases

liberal homophobia

Frequently Paired Words

homophobe homophobic homophobism heterosexism heterophobia heterophobism gaycism misanthropy

Synonyms

gay-hate gaycism gayphobia heterosexism homoerotophobia homomisia homophobism LGBTphobia LGBTQphobia queerphobia anthropophobia

Antonyms

homomania

Rhymes With

phobia xenophobia claustrophobia agoraphobia zenobia cobia cancerphobia arachnophobia photophobia trypophobia hydrophobia acrophobia

Questions

How do you pronounce homophobia?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/.
What does homophobia mean?
Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.
Where does homophobia come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der. German homo- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. German sexual German homosexualbor. English homosexualbf. English homo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English homophobia From homo- (short for and prefix of homosexual) + -phobia. Coined by American psychologist George Weinberg in 1971 in Society and the Healthy Homosexual.

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