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Gay activists claim that because I don't subscribe to their political agenda, I am a homophobe, meaning I have a mental disorder - because that is what phobias are.
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Meaning of "homophobe" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMOPHOBE

homophobe  [ˌhəʊməʊˈfəʊb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMOPHOBE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Homophobe is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOMOPHOBE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

homophobe

Homophobia

Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. It can be expressed as antipathy, contempt, prejudice, aversion, or hatred, may be based on irrational fear, and is sometimes related to religious beliefs. Homophobia is observable in critical and hostile behavior such as discrimination and violence on the basis of sexual orientations that are non-heterosexual. According to the 2010 Hate Crimes Statistics released by the FBI National Press Office, 19.3 percent of hate crimes across the United States "were motivated by a sexual orientation bias." Moreover, in a Southern Poverty Law Center 2010 Intelligence Report extrapolating data from fourteen years, which had complete data available at the time, of the FBI's national hate crime statistics found that LGBT people were "far more likely than any other minority group in the United States to be victimized by violent hate crime." Recognized types of homophobia include institutionalized homophobia, e.g.

Definition of homophobe in the English dictionary

The definition of homophobe in the dictionary is a person who has a strong and unreasonable dislike of homosexual people.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMOPHOBE


acrophobe
ˈækrəʊˌfəʊb
aerophobe
ˈɛərəˌfəʊb
agoraphobe
ˈæɡərəˌfəʊb
Anglophobe
ˈæŋɡləʊˌfəʊb
aquaphobe
ˈækwəˌfəʊb
arachnophobe
əˈræknəˌfəʊb
chromophobe
ˈkrəʊməˌfəʊb
claustrophobe
ˈklɒstrəˌfəʊb
computerphobe
kəmˈpjuːtəˌfəʊb
Francophobe
ˈfræŋkəʊˌfəʊb
Germanophobe
dʒɜːˈmænəˌfəʊb
gynophobe
ˈdʒaɪnəʊˌfəʊb
halophobe
ˈhæləʊˌfəʊb
hygrophobe
ˈhaɪɡrəˌfəʊb
Negrophobe
ˈniːɡrəʊˌfəʊb
ombrophobe
ˈɒmbrəˌfəʊb
Russophobe
ˈrʌsəʊˌfəʊb
technophobe
ˈtɛknəʊˌfəʊb
xenophobe
ˈzɛnəˌfəʊb
zoophobe
ˈzəʊəˌfəʊb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMOPHOBE

homophile
homophobia
homophobic
homophone
homophonic
homophonically
homophonous
homophony
homophyllic
homophyly
homoplasmy
homoplastic
homoplastically
homoplasty
homoplasy
homopolar
homopolarity
homopolymer
homopolymeric
homopteran

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMOPHOBE

adobe
ailourophobe
bathrobe
garderobe
gerontophobe
globe
hippophobe
hypsophobe
jobe
Kobe
lobe
microbe
necrophobe
neophobe
photophobe
probe
robe
strobe
the globe
wardrobe

Synonyms and antonyms of homophobe in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «homophobe» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMOPHOBE

Find out the translation of homophobe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of homophobe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «homophobe» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

homophobe
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

homófobo
570 millions of speakers

English

homophobe
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

homophobe
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

homophobe
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гомофоб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homofóbico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

homophobe
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homophobe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Homophobe
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

homophobe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

homophobe
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동성애 혐오
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homofobe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

homophobe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

homophobe
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Homophobe
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

homofobik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

omofobo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

homofobem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гомофоб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

homofob
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομοφοβικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

homophobe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

homophobe
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

homophobe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of homophobe

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOPHOBE»

The term «homophobe» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.441 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOPHOBE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about homophobe

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QUOTES WITH «HOMOPHOBE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word homophobe.
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Laura Schlessinger
Gay activists claim that because I don't subscribe to their political agenda, I am a homophobe, meaning I have a mental disorder - because that is what phobias are.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMOPHOBE»

Discover the use of homophobe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to homophobe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
God Is Not a Homophobe: An Unbiased Look at Homosexuality in ...
Is God a gay-hating ogre? This author's research demonstrates that the Bible does not condemn homosexuality as a consensual life-style find out what the Bible really says about homosexuality.
Philo Thelos, 2004
2
The Moral Wager: Evolution and Contract
The homophobe will count as a concerned party by the harm standard. Feinberg, I take it, tries to avoid this result by the insertion of the term “wrongful” in his definition. But whether homosexuality is wrong is precisely what is at stake.
Malcolm Murray, 2007
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The Moral Minority: Identifying, Analyzing, and Exposing ...
your resident homophobe will be baffled that even your biology is up to date. At this point, the homophobe's replies will begin to sound substantially less confident than the previous ones. As confusion sets in, an appearance of doubt will ...
Stuart Chambers, 2005
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The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination: A Revised ...
The homophobe, after displacing inner conflict onto symbolic homosexuals, shuns them as representing an internal fear, much as a true phobic shuns a plane that symbolizes sexual freedom and penetration. This form of homophobia is less ...
Jean Lau Chin, 2009
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Reorganizing Our Universities: An Inside Look At What ...
homophobe-phobe community also constitutes another dimension of the anti- intellectualism that repeatedly overwhelms academic legitimacy and constitutes the common threads of the school's perverse culture, one so desperately in need of ...
Alan H. Levy, 2006
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How to Tell If Your Boyfriend is the Antichrist: (and If He ...
A HOMOPHOBE / Has a barber. / Limits physical contact with other males to punching and shoving. / Will not hold your purse under any circumstances. / Washes his hair with a bar of soap, because shampoo is too femme. / Two thumbs down ...
Patricia Carlin, 2007
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The Young Despondents:
screamed Mr.Goyette, otherwise knownas thebread winner, world classass, andfrom thismoment forward, Homophobe Dad. “I... I...” Unable tofinish hisown sentence, Homophobe Dad turned hishead away from the soft core gay porn playing ...
Jason M. Burns, 2012
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Homophobia: The State of Sexual Bigotry Today: The State of ...
movement, compromise the homophobe's capacity for enjoyment and reduce the homophobe's ability to love and his potential pool of love objects. Furthermore, all homophobes have to ante up eventually. They cannot avoid gays and ...
Martin Kantor MD, 2009
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Catholic Social Ethics
To take the idea another step further, in the press the word "homophobe" is freely bandied about. Whenever anyone questions the homosexual lifestyle, they are automatically a "homophobe." But the word "homophobe" isn't used as a neutral ...
Stephen M. Scrimenti, 2005
10
God and Gays: An Open Letter to a Christian Homophobe
The essence of higher consciousness is never casting anyone out of your heart.
John White, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOMOPHOBE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term homophobe is used in the context of the following news items.
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Homophobe of the Year is Anton Chromík - Politics & society …
THE WINNER of the third year of the anti-poll Homophobic of the Year has become the spokesman of the Alliance for Family (AZR) ... «The Slovak Spectator, Jul 15»
2
Mainstream media outlets refuse to give Planned Parenthood …
“Everything must fit neatly into a black-white, gay-homophobe, left-right box. They erroneously believe that holding people and organizations ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
3
Wlazlo: Why is there no room for respectful dialogue?
Within minutes one woman began to hysterically accuse my sister of being a rabid homophobe and full of hate (how typical). Imagine this ... «Casper Star-Tribune Online, Jul 15»
4
COMMENTARY: County clerks must embrace equality - Courier-Post
Well, actually I can picture it having an effect if a certain county clerk happens to be a homophobe who lives in a Bible fantasyland where only ... «Cherry Hill Courier Post, Jul 15»
5
Kenya to try teaching Obama lessons in Anatomy - Canada Free Press
... of same sex marriage in all 50 U.S. states, are in, and anyone who would dare to object an out-and-out “homophobe”, dressed or undressed. «Canada Free Press, Jul 15»
6
Life In Hell: Sleaford Mods Interviewed By Taylor Parkes - The Quietus
... my heart because I've found out you're actually a vile homophobe. I've just listened to one of your old songs and it had the word “faggot” in it. «The Quietus, Jul 15»
7
Alex Jones warns listeners: The UN is a “space cult” plotting to …
Again, he's a libertarian homophobe. If he wasn't homophobic, he'd have no issue with Heather having two Mommies. It gets crazier. That is ... «Salon, Jul 15»
8
'Commander' at Vagabond Players
He's a homophobe and certain Worley's lifestyle will not play well with the voters, especially those in the critical Iowa caucus. Gilly isn't sure he ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»
9
Quotes of the day « Hot Air
... the Republican standard bearer as a racist, sexist, homophobe who cares only for the rich and wants to throw elderly grandmothers off cliffs. «Hot Air, Jul 15»
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Donald Trump, the right-wing Ralph Nader? - LA Times
... and the person expressing the opinion is labeled a racist, homophobe, bigot and hater. Extreme pejoratives like these are so over-used as to ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

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