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adj. - Overly fearful or prejudiced against those who having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex

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Usage examples (28)
  • So 'homophobic' is an inaccurate assessment of the perspective here.
  • Liberal candidate who sent what they describe as a homophobic email 12 years ago should resign from the race.
  • How people can be so blatently homophobic is shameful.
  • I do not believe that in this context Sarah is casually throwing the terms homophobic and bigot as insults.
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