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homophobia

homophobia

English

Noun

homophobia ‎(countable and uncountable, plural homophobias)

(derogatory) Fear, dislike, or hatred of homosexuals.

Synonyms

(fear of homosexuality): homoerotophobia, heterosexism

Hyponyms

Derived terms

internalised homophobia

Related terms

Translations

fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals

Arabic: رُهَاب اَلْمِثْلِيَّة f ‎(ruhāb al-miṯliyya), هُومُوفُوبِيَا f ‎(humufūbiyā, homofobiyā)
Armenian: հոմոֆոբիա ‎(homofobia)
Azeri: homofobiya
Belarusian: гамафо́бія f ‎(hamafóbija)
Bulgarian: хомофо́бия f ‎(homofóbija)
Catalan: homofòbia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 同性戀恐懼症 (zh), 同性恋恐惧症 (zh) ‎(tóngxìngliàn kǒngjùzhèng)
Czech: homofobie (cs) f
Danish: homofobi
Esperanto: gejfobio, homofobio
Estonian: homofoobia (et)
Finnish: homofobia (fi), homokammo (colloquial), (hatred) homoviha
French: homophobie (fr) f
Galician: homofobia f
Georgian: ჰომოფობია ‎(homopobia)
German: Homophobie (de) f
Greek: ομοφοβία (el) f ‎(omofovía)
Hebrew: הומופוביה (he) f
Hungarian: homofóbia (hu)
Icelandic: (fear) hommafælni f, (fear of homosexuality) ótti við samkynhneigð m, (hatred) hommahatur n
Ido: homeofobio
Irish: homafóibe f
Italian: omofobia (it)

Japanese: ホモフォビア ‎(homofobia), 同性愛嫌悪 ‎(どうせいあいけんお, dōseiai ken'o)
Korean: 호모포비아 ‎(homopobia)
Latin: homophobia f
Latvian: homofobija (lv) f
Lithuanian: homofobija f
Macedonian: хомофо́бија f ‎(homofóbija)
Mongolian: хомофоби ‎(homofobi)
Norwegian: homofobi (no)
Persian: هوموفوبیا ‎(humufubiyâ)
Polish: homofobia (pl) f
Portuguese: homofobia (pt) f
Romanian: homofobie (ro) f
Russian: гомофо́бия (ru) f ‎(gomofóbija)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: хомофобија f

Roman: homofobija f
Slovak: homofóbia f
Slovene: homofobija f
Spanish: homofobia (es) f
Swedish: homofobi (sv)
Thai: โฮโมโฟเบีย ‎(hoh-moh-foh-bia)
Turkish: homofobi (tr)
Ukrainian: гомофо́бія f ‎(homofóbija)
Vietnamese: ghê sợ đồng tính luyến ái

See also

heterosexism
heterophobia
gaycism
homophobia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Latin homo ‎(“man”) + -phobia ‎(“fear”)

Noun

homophobia ‎(uncountable)

(obsolete, individual occurrences) A pathological fear of mankind.

Synonyms

(fear of mankind): anthropophobia

Related terms

Translations

obsolete: pathological fear of mankind

Catalan: antropofòbia f
Esperanto: homofobio
Finnish: antropofobia (fi)

German: Anthropophobie (de) f
Ido: homofobio
Portuguese: homofobia (pt) f

See also