queerantagonism
queerantagonism noun: antipathy toward queer people.
Noun
queerantagonism (uncountable)
- Antipathy toward queer people.
- Sie [Leslie Feinberg] was forced to move out and seek work as an adolescent, due to hir family's queerantagonism.2017, Charlie McNabb, Nonbinary Gender Identities: History, Culture, Resources, page 77
- In other words, ableism is to heterosexism what disableism is to queerantagonism, and both terms convey valuable linguistic interpretation of our lived experiences.2017, Lydia X. Z. Brown, quoted in "Intersectionality: A dialogue with Devonya N. Havis and Lydia X. Z. Brown", in Jennifer Seuro, Addressing Ableism: Philosophical Questions Via Disability Studies...
- Synonyms:
- queerphobia
Synonyms of queerantagonism
Origin of queerantagonism
From queer + antagonism.
Questions about queerantagonism
- What does queerantagonism mean?
- Queerantagonism means antipathy toward queer people.
- What part of speech is queerantagonism?
- Queerantagonism is a noun.
Words near queerantagonism in the dictionary
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