homophobia

Etymology 1

homo- (“from homosexual”) + -phobia, coined in 1971 by George Weinberg in Society and the Healthy Homosexual.

noun

  1. Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals.
    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. 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →OCLC, pages 45–46
    1. Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against LGBTQ+ people in general.

Etymology 2

Latin homo (“man”) + -phobia (“fear”)

noun

  1. (obsolete, individual occurrences) A pathological fear of mankind.

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