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Meaning of Homophobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə

Definitions

Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.
countable, uncountable
A pathological fear of mankind.
obsolete, uncountable
Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards LGBT+ persons in general.
broadly, countable, uncountable
Deliberate misspelling of heterochromia.
Internet, alt-of, countable, deliberate, humorous, misspelling, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية رُهَاب اَلْمِثْلِيَّة كراهية الشذوذ الجنسي هُومُوفُوبِيَا

Català antropofòbia homofòbia

Čeština homofobie

Dansk homofobi

Deutsch Anthropophobie Homofeindlichkeit Homophobie Schwulenfeindlichkeit

Ελληνικά ομοφοβία

Esperanto gejfobio homofobio

Español homofobia

Eesti homofoobia

Suomi antropofobia homofobia homokammo

Français homophobie

Gaeilge homafóibe

Galego homofobia

עברית הומופוביה

Հայերեն հոմոֆոբիա

Italiano omofobia

日本語ホモフォビア同性愛嫌悪

ქართული ჰომოფობია

한국어 동성애 혐오 호모포비아

Македонски хомофобија

Монгол хомофоби

Malti omofobija

Nederlands homofobie

Polski homofobia

Português homofobia

Română homofobie

Русский гомофобия

Svenska homofobi

ไทย โฮโมโฟเบีย

Türkçe homofobi

Українська гомофобія

Examples

“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.”

“A beautiful cat with homophobia in her 💙 eyes 🧡”

“A dog with homophobia in its eyes ✨✨”

“beautiful rabbit with homophobia”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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Meaning of Homophobia | Babel Free

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