homophobia

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UK /ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ US /ˌhoʊ.məˈfoʊ.bi.ə/

noun 4

Collocations

ADJ.

against, aggressive, beautiful, international, lost, major, private, public

VERB + HOMOPHOBIA

associates, escape, internalizes, isn't, let's, suffers, talk, thinly-veiled

HOMOPHOBIA + NOUN

biphobia, islam, people, sara, trans, transphobia

PREP.

about, from, in, with, with

Definitions

noun

Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.

He lost his racism when he worked with a black man in Chicago. He lost his homophobia when he was befriended and looked after by his gay neighbors, a doctor and a nurse, in Little Rock.

Thinly-veiled homophobia – this time in early-2000s Hollywood – made Brokeback Mountain an immense challenge for Ossana and her fellow producer James Schamus.

Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards LGBT+ persons in general.

Deliberate misspelling of heterochromia.

A beautiful cat with homophobia in her 💙 eyes 🧡

A dog with homophobia in its eyes ✨✨

noun

A pathological fear of mankind.

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Example Bank

He lost his racism when he worked with a black man in Chicago. He lost his homophobia when he was befriended and looked after by his gay neighbors, a doctor and a nurse, in Little Rock.

Wiktionary

Thinly-veiled homophobia – this time in early-2000s Hollywood – made Brokeback Mountain an immense challenge for Ossana and her fellow producer James Schamus.

Wiktionary

A beautiful cat with homophobia in her 💙 eyes 🧡

Wiktionary

Today is International Day Against Homophobia.

Tatoeba · #2020121

Racism and homophobia are still major problems in professional football.

Tatoeba · #3154210

Due to her boss's aggressive homophobia, Sara was too intimidated to bring her girlfriend to the office party.

Tatoeba · #3154211

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In some senses, homophobia is marked as obsolete, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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