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Homophobia vs Biphobia - What's the difference?

homophobia | biphobia |

As nouns the difference between homophobia and biphobia

is that homophobia is fear, dislike or hatred of gays and lesbians or homophobia can be (obsolete|individual occurrences) a pathological fear of mankind while biphobia is antipathy towards bisexuals.

homophobia

English

(wikipedia homophobia)

Etymology 1

homo (from (homosexual)) , coined in 1971 by in Society and the Healthy Homosexual .

Noun

  • Fear, dislike or hatred of gays and lesbians.
    • Synonyms
    * (fear of homosexuality) homoerotophobia, heterosexism
    Hyponyms
    *gayphobia *lesbophobia
    Derived terms
    * internalised homophobia
    Related terms
    * homophobe * homophobic

    See also

    * heterosexism * heterophobia * ("homophobia" on Wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete, individual occurrences) A pathological fear of mankind.
    • Synonyms
    * (fear of mankind) anthropophobia
    Related terms
    * homophobe * homophobic

    See also

    * misanthropy * androphobia * gynophobia

    biphobia

    English

    (wikipedia biphobia)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Antipathy towards bisexuals.

    • Derived terms

    * biphobe * biphobic