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Homophobia vs Hemophobia - What's the difference?

homophobia | hemophobia |

As nouns the difference between homophobia and hemophobia

is that homophobia is fear, dislike, or hatred of gays and lesbians while hemophobia is fear of blood.

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

    See also

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

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

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

    See also

    * misanthropy * androphobia * gynophobia

    hemophobia

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (British) * (chiefly British)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • of blood.
  • American English forms