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homophobia

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌhəʊ.məˈfəʊ.bi.ə/Part of speech nounSorted abhhimooopStarts with HEnds with A0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality

Word origin

From homo- (short for and prefix of homosexual) + -phobia. Coined by American psychologist George Weinberg in 1971 in Society and the Healthy Homosexual.

Used in a sentence

  • He lost his racism when he worked with a black man in Chicago. He lost his homophobia when he was befriended and looked after by his gay neighbors, a doctor and a nurse, in Little Rock.
  • Thinly-veiled homophobia – this time in early-2000s Hollywood – made Brokeback Mountain an immense challenge for Ossana and her fellow producer James Schamus.
  • A beautiful cat with homophobia in her 💙 eyes 🧡

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