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  • adjective Disliking or fearing homosexuals to an unreasonable degree.

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  • adjective Relating to or characteristic of homophobia or homophobes.

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  • adjective prejudiced against homosexual people

Etymologies

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From homo (“homosexual”) +‎ -phobic.

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