| 单词 | homophobia |
| 释义 | homophobia (once / 19472 pages) n Homophobia is a hatred of or prejudice against gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender people. Homophobia takes wildly different forms, from the state-sanctioned homophobia of countries that punish homosexuality with the death penalty, to playground teasing of a child who is labeled "gay" by his peers. The word homophobia literally means "fear of homosexual people," from the Greek roots homos, "one and the same," and phobia, "irrational fear of," and its original use was closer to "fear by heterosexuals of being thought to be gay." WORD FAMILYhomophobia: homophobe, homophobic+/homophobe: homophobes USAGE EXAMPLESHis emerging Administration, meanwhile, is a “who’s who of homophobia,” as the Boston Globe put it. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) Ditching the homophobia, anti-semitism and religious conservatism of traditional far-right groups, its leaders claim instead to defend liberal values against a new enemy: Islam. The Guardian(Dec 10, 2016) I was also reminded of the generation of activists who fought with tenacity against an indifferent government, price-gouging pharmaceutical companies and unchecked homophobia. Washington Post(Dec 05, 2016) n prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality Hyper bias, preconception, prejudice a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation |
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