homophobia
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ho·mo·pho·bi·a /ˌhəʊməˈfəʊbiə $ ˌhoʊməˈfoʊ-/ noun [uncountable] SYHOMOSEXUALhatred and fear of homosexuals 对同性恋者的憎恶和恐惧► see thesaurus at prejudice —homophobic adjective
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homophobia• It is a letter which indicates several things about homophobia, and three in particular.• It is often observed that misogyny and homophobia go together.• Issues of racism, sexism, and homophobia were discussed.• Stonewall, the gay lobby group, has been given a £ 900,000 lottery grant for a project to combat homophobia.• There is probably less homophobia in the movie industry than in many others.• This is nowhere more necessary than in the analysis of homophobia.• Indeed, the charge of homophobia is itself a kind of reverse discourse facilitated by the dynamic of perversion itself.• There's still a lot of homophobia in American society.• This reflects not only homophobia but also sexism, since gay men are stereotyped as effeminate, too much like women.• This is not to diminish the roles that homophobia played or continues to play in exacerbating the problem.• The lives of many young gay people are ruined by unthinking and widespread homophobia in society.• The word homophobia pops to mind.Origin homophobia (1900-2000) homosexual + -phobiaho·mo·pho·bi·a nounChineseSyllable
fear hatred homosexuals and Corpus of
homophobia
ho‧mo‧pho‧bi·a /ˌhəʊməˈfəʊbiə $ ˌhoʊməˈfoʊ-/
noun [uncountable]
—homophobic adjective
▪ prejudice an unreasonable dislike and distrust of people who are different from you in some way, especially because of their race, sex, religion etc: racial prejudice | prejudice against women
▪discrimination the practice of treating one group of people differently from another in an unfair way: There is widespread discrimination against older people. | the laws on sex discrimination
▪intolerance an unreasonable refusal to accept beliefs, customs, and ways of thinking that are different from your own: religious intolerance | There is an atmosphere of intolerance in the media.
▪bigotry a completely unreasonable hatred for people of a different race, religion etc, based on strong and fixed opinions: religious bigotry | the bigotry directed at Jews and other ethnic groups
▪racism/racial prejudice unfair treatment of people because they belong to a different race: Many black people have been the victims of racism in Britain. | Some immigrant groups faced racism, for example Jews and Italians, while others, such as Scandinavians, did not.
▪sexism the belief that one sex, especially women, is weaker, less intelligent etc than the other, especially when this results in someone being treated unfairly: sexism in language | She accused him of sexism.
▪ageism (also agism American English) unfair treatment of people because they are old: The new law aims to stop ageism in the workplace.
▪homophobia prejudice towards or hatred of gay people: homophobia in the armed forces
▪xenophobia /ˌzenəˈfəʊbiə $ -ˈfoʊ-/ hatred and fear of foreigners: the xenophobia of the right-wing press
▪anti-Semitism a strong feeling of hatred toward Jewish people: Is anti-Semitism on the increase?
▪Islamophobia hatred and fear of Muslims: the rise of Islamophobia and right-wing extremism in Europe
▪gay/union/America etc bashing unfair public criticism of gay people, union members, the American government etc: The minister was accused of union bashing. | There's so much America-bashing in the liberal press.
ho‧mo‧pho‧bi·a /ˌhəʊməˈfəʊbiə $ ˌhoʊməˈfoʊ-/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1900-2000
Origin: homosexual + -phobia
hatred and fear of homosexualsOrigin: homosexual + -phobia
—homophobic adjective
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