different between homosexuality vs homophobe

English

Etymology

From homosexual +? -ity or homo- +? sexuality

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æl?ti

Noun

homosexuality (usually uncountable, plural homosexualities)

1. The state of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex.
2. Sexual activity with a person of the same sex.

Usage notes

Homosexuality in women is also known as lesbianism. As homosexuality applies to people of either sex, the expression homosexuality and lesbianism is redundant and is best replaced by homosexuality or lesbianism alone as appropriate. Different cultural constructions of same-sex love are collectively referred to as homosexualities.

Synonyms

• gayness
• homosexualism
• lesbianism (applied only to women)
• uranism (obsolete)
• urningism (obsolete)

Antonyms

• heterosexuality
• straightness (slang)

Hypernyms

• queerness

Coordinate terms

• (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity, demi), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), plurisexual (-ity), polysexual (-ity), robosexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity) ^{(Category: en:Sexual orientations)}

Related terms

• homosexual
• homoromanticism
• homoflexibility

Translations

See also

• LGBT, GLBT
• gay
• lesbian

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