Anti-homosexualism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Homophobia; prejudice against homosexual (gay) people. dated, rare, uncountable
"I write 'homosexuality ' with some trepidation, since anti-homosexualism is a prejudice as discreditable as anti-semitism; and I am not the late Roy Campbell. Recent legislation, though, makes a difference, lightening matters for critics, and biographers as well. If a heterosexual subject went markedly after women, his biographer will usually say so. It may be relevant; and It may be no less relevant if a subject of a different constitution went 'markedly after men."
Example
More examples"I write 'homosexuality ' with some trepidation, since anti-homosexualism is a prejudice as discreditable as anti-semitism; and I am not the late Roy Campbell. Recent legislation, though, makes a difference, lightening matters for critics, and biographers as well. If a heterosexual subject went markedly after women, his biographer will usually say so. It may be relevant; and It may be no less relevant if a subject of a different constitution went 'markedly after men."
Etymology
From anti- + homosexualism.
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