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Homophobia vs Xenophobia - What's the difference?

homophobia | xenophobia |

As nouns the difference between homophobia and xenophobia

is that homophobia is fear, dislike, or hatred of gays and lesbians while xenophobia is a fear of strangers or foreigners.

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

    xenophobia

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fear of strangers or foreigners.
  • A strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners.

    • Synonyms

    * xenophoby (rare)

    Antonyms

    * xenomania * xenophilia * xenophily * allophilia (more general)

    Derived terms

    * xenophobiac * xenophobian

    Related terms

    * xenophobe * xenophobic

    See also

    * racism