homophobe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒməˌfəʊb], [ˈhəʊməˌfəʊb]

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Etymology 1

Recent definition:

Back-formation from homophobia, equivalent to homo (“homosexual”) +‎ -phobe

Noun

homophobe (plural homophobes)

1. A person who is prejudiced against homosexuals and homosexuality.
   • 1997, Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot: An Autobiography, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL:

     That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand.

   • 2001 April 23, Henry Rollins, Talk Is Cheap, Volume I, published 2003 January 3:

     If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, "I am a homophobe!"

   • 2006, Robert Ordona, quoting Ang Lee, “"Brokeback Mountain" — as gay as it gets: An interview with Ang Lee”, in Gay.com‎, archived from the original on 19 May 2006:

     To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie — culturally and psychologically — but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late.

   • 2022 December 6, LeAnna T. Luney, “Like our foremothers survived: Self-education, direct confrontation, and humor as resistance coping in Black womxn and femme college student being”, in Frontiers in Education, volume 7, →DOI, page 10:

     Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.

2. A person who is prejudiced against the LGBTQ+ community.

Synonyms

• heterosexist

Hyponyms

• lesbophobe

Coordinate terms

• biphobe
• heterophobe
• transphobe

Derived terms

• anti-homophobe

Related terms

• biphobia
• biphobic
• heterophobia
• heterophobic
• homophobia
• homophobic
• transphobia
• transphobic

 

Translations

person who is prejudiced against homosexuals and homosexuality

Catalan: homòfob m, homòfoba f Dutch: homofoob (nl) m French: homophobe (fr) m or f Galician: homófobo m, homófoba f Georgian: ჰომოფობი (homopobi) German: Homophober m, Homophobe f, Homohasser m, Schwulenfeind m, Schwulenfeindin f, Schwulenhasser m, Schwulenhasserin f, Lesbenfeind m (regarding lesbians), Lesbenfeindin f (regarding lesbians), Schwulengegner m, Schwulengegnerin f Italian: omofobo (it) m, omofoba (it) f Polish: homofob (pl) m, homofobka f Portuguese: homófobo m, homófoba f, homofóbico (pt) m, homofóbica (pt) f Russian: гомофо́б (ru) m (gomofób), гомофо́бка (ru) f (gomofóbka), геененави́стник m (gejenenavístnik) Scots: homofeartie Spanish: homófobo m, homófoba f, homofóbico (es) m, homofóbica f Swedish: homofob (sv) c

Etymology 2

Originally:

From homo- (“same; man”) +‎ -phobe.

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Noun

homophobe (plural homophobes)

1. A person who fears sameness.
2. A person who fears men.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English homophobe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.mɔ.fɔb/

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Adjective

homophobe (plural homophobes)

1. homophobic
   • 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde‎:

     Des monceaux de messages racistes, antisémites, misogynes ou homophobes s’étalent en permanence sur les réseaux sociaux, générés par des individus, mais aussi par des automates, soufflant sur les braises et semant le désordre à grande échelle.

     Heaps of racist, antisemitic, misogynist, or homophobic messages are constantly spreading on social networks, generated by individuals, but also by bots, blowing on embers and sowing disorder on a grand scale.

Noun

homophobe m or f by sense (plural homophobes)

1. homophobe

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

homophobe

1. inflection of homophob:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular