Homophobe

//ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊb// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.

    "That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand."

  2. 2
    A person who fears sameness.
  3. 3
    a person who hates or fears homosexual people wordnet
  4. 4
    A person who fears men.

Synonyms

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antifaggotheterosexistheterosexist

Example

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"His father is a raging homophobe."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation from homophobia, equivalent to homo- + -phobe (notice in Greek it would refer to a self-hater).

Etymology 2

From homo- (“man; same”) + -phobe.

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