Meaning of homophobic | Babel Free

Definitions

A homophobe.

Equivalents

Examples

“Painful as skid row life is for everyone, it becomes doubly so for the gay segment of the population. If you can for a moment visualize yourself living in a house with hundreds of homophobics you have the idea; and there are few closets where one can hide.”

“If you say something negative about homosexuals, you will be labelled an intolerant "homophobic."”

“When placed in a situation that threatens to excite their repressed or latent sexual preferences, homophobics tend to react with panic, anger, and hostility as a means to avert or deny the threat (West, 1977).”

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