different between homophobe vs homophobia

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?h?m??f??b], [?h??m??f??b]

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.

Synonyms

• heterosexist

Coordinate terms

• biphobe
• heterophobe
• transphobe

Hyponyms

• lesbophobe

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Originally:

homo- (“same; man”) +? -phobe

Noun

homophobe (plural homophobes)

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

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

homophobe (plural homophobes)

1. homophobic

Noun

homophobe m or f (plural homophobes)

1. homophobe

German

Pronunciation

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?.m??f??.bi.?/, /?h??.m??f??.bi.?/
• Rhymes: -??bi?

Etymology 1

homo- (from homosexual) +? -phobia, coined in 1971 by George Weinberg in Society and the Healthy Homosexual.

Noun

homophobia (countable and uncountable, plural homophobias)

1. Fear of, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals.

Usage notes

• In the 1990s, behavioral scientists William O'Donohue and Christine Caselles argued that the term homophobia was pejorative. In 2012, the Associated Press Stylebook was revised to advise against using -phobia words in non-clinical ways, and AP editor Dave Minthorn suggested replacing "homophobic" with "anti-gay".

Synonyms

• (fear of homosexuality): homoerotophobia, heterosexism, homophobism, gay-hate, gaycism, gayphobia
• (dislike of homosexuality): gay-hate

Hyponyms

• gayphobia
• lesbophobia
• dykephobia

Derived terms

• internalized homophobia
• liberal homophobia

Related terms

• homophobe
• homophobic
• homophobism

Translations

See also

• heterosexism
• heterophobia
• heterophobism
• gaycism
• homophobia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Latin homo (“man”) + -phobia (“fear”)

Noun

homophobia (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, individual occurrences) A pathological fear of mankind.

Synonyms

• (fear of mankind): anthropophobia

Related terms

• homophobe
• homophobic

Translations

See also

• misanthropy
• androphobia
• gynophobia

References