"homophobic" meaning in English

See homophobic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-uk-homophobic.ogg Forms: more homophobic [comparative], most homophobic [superlative]
Etymology: From homo (“homosexual”) + -phobic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|homo|phobic|gloss1=homosexual}} homo (“homosexual”) + -phobic Head templates: {{en-adj}} homophobic (comparative more homophobic, superlative most homophobic)
  1. Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes. Categories (topical): Forms of discrimination, LGBT Related terms: homophobe, homophobia Translations (characteristic of homophobia): homòfob (Catalan), homophobe (French), homófobo [masculine] (Galician), homófoba [feminine] (Galician), ჰომოფობიური (homopobiuri) (Georgian), homophob (German), homosexualitätsfeindlich (German), schwulenfeindlich [colloquial] (German), lesbenfeindlich (english: regarding lesbians) (German), homafóbach (Irish), omofobico [masculine] (Italian), omofobica [feminine] (Italian), omofobo [masculine] (Italian), omofoba [feminine] (Italian), homofobiczny (Polish), homofóbico [masculine] (Portuguese), homofóbica [feminine] (Portuguese), homófobo [masculine] (Portuguese), homófoba [feminine] (Portuguese), гомофо́бный (gomofóbnyj) (Russian), homofeart (Scots), homofóbico (Spanish), homófobo (Spanish), homofob (Swedish), homofobisk (Swedish), гомофо́бний (homofóbnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-homophobic-en-adj-zylR8k5T Disambiguation of Forms of discrimination: 52 48 Disambiguation of LGBT: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -phobic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scots translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Homophobia Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phobic: 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Scots translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Homophobia: 68 32

Noun

Audio: en-uk-homophobic.ogg Forms: homophobics [plural]
Etymology: From homo (“homosexual”) + -phobic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|homo|phobic|gloss1=homosexual}} homo (“homosexual”) + -phobic Head templates: {{en-noun}} homophobic (plural homophobics)
  1. A homophobe. Categories (topical): Forms of discrimination
    Sense id: en-homophobic-en-noun-1KqjaocF Disambiguation of Forms of discrimination: 52 48

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