Homophobeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Back-formation from homophobia, equivalent to homo- +‎ -phobe (notice in Greek it would refer to a self-hater).

名詞

homophobe (plural homophobes)

1. One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.

   Synonym: anti-gay

   Hyponym: heterosexist

   Coordinate terms: gayphobe, lesbophobe, biphobe, transphobe

   • 1997, Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot: An Autobiography, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL:

     That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand.

   • 2001 April 23, Henry Rollins, Talk Is Cheap, Volume I, published 3 January 2003:

     If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, "I am a homophobe!"

   • 2006, Robert Ordona, quoting Ang Lee, “"Brokeback Mountain" — as gay as it gets: An interview with Ang Lee”, in Gay.com‎, archived from the original on 19 May 2006:

     To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie — culturally and psychologically — but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late.

   • 2022 December 6, LeAnna T. Luney, “Like our foremothers survived: Self-education, direct confrontation, and humor as resistance coping in Black womxn and femme college student being”, in Frontiers in Education, volume 7, →DOI, page 10:

     Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.

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語源 2

From homo- (“man; same”) +‎ -phobe.

名詞

homophobe (plural homophobes)

1. A person who fears sameness.
2. A person who fears men.