homophobia
ho·mop·ho·bia
noun
1.
prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality
Origin
From homo- (short for and prefix of homosexual) + -phobia. Coined by American psychologist George Weinberg in 1971 in Society and the Healthy Homosexual.
Phrases
- liberal homophobia
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