Homoantagonism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Hostile or violent behavior toward gay people. uncountable
"Engaging in homoantagonism (taunting and possibly behaving violently toward gays), avoiding public intimacy with men, "acting like a thug/hard criminal," and "butching up," defined by one interviewee as "acting manly" and "cocking your hat back" (kp 36), are macho extreme behaviours."
Example
More examples"Engaging in homoantagonism (taunting and possibly behaving violently toward gays), avoiding public intimacy with men, "acting like a thug/hard criminal," and "butching up," defined by one interviewee as "acting manly" and "cocking your hat back" (kp 36), are macho extreme behaviours."
Etymology
From homo- + antagonism.
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