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It's funny about cleaner's endless prejudice ... such as this?
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homophobia
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Homophobia " is a song from Chumbawamba 's album Anarchy , concerning the topic of modern homophobia . It remained a regular part of Chumbawamba's live set, usually in an a cappella version, from its initial release in 1994 up to the band's retirement ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Issues of racism, sexism, and homophobia were discussed. ▪ The lives of many young gay people are ruined by unthinking and widespread homophobia in society. ▪ There's still a lot of homophobia in American society. ▪ There ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
homophobia \hom`o*pho"bi*a\, n. A strong dislike or fear of homosexuals, especially to an unreasonable degree.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. Fear, dislike(,) or hatred of gays and lesbians. Etymology 2 n. (context obsolete individual occurrences English) A pathological fear of mankind.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality
Usage examples of homophobia.
It was embarrassing at times and always boring, but her view was that casual racism, sexism and homophobia always had to be confronted.
You would have thought he was guilty of racism, homophobia, antienvironmentalism, antivegetarianism and anti-Americanism.
Psychoanalysis suggests homophobia arises because we fear or hate our own unconscious homosexual tendencies.
Lesbian and gay novels have their own protocols, their own coming out layers, their own tackling of homophobia and so forth.
And, as it happens, all these male subcultures share a particular set of features: homophobia, coupled with an oddly ironic, complete, childlike trust in male authority.