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queerphobia

queerphobia noun: fear or hatred of queer people. (Compare homophobia.).

Noun

queerphobia (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Fear or hatred of queer people. (Compare homophobia.)
    • Michael's experiences pointed to a form of heteronormativity/queerphobia, unique to Asian American communities, which supplemented the heteronormativity/queerphobia in mainstream society.1999, K. K. Kumashiro, “Supplementing normalcy and otherness: Queer Asian American men reflect on stereotypes, identity, and oppression”, in International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education...
    Synonyms:
    queerantagonism

queerphobia meaning in Tamil

queerphobia in Tamil

தன் பாலின அச்சம்

Synonyms of queerphobia

Forms of queerphobia

alternative formqueer-phobia

Origin of queerphobia

From queer + -phobia, by analogy with transphobia. Attested as queer-phobia since at least 1998, and as queerphobia since at least 2000.

Questions about queerphobia

What does queerphobia mean?
Queerphobia means fear or hatred of queer people. (Compare homophobia.).
What is queerphobia in Tamil?
Queerphobia in Tamil is தன் பாலின அச்சம். See Queerphobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is queerphobia?
Queerphobia is a noun.

Words near queerphobia in the dictionary

  1. queernormativity
  2. queerosexual
  3. queerosexuals
  4. queerphobe
  5. queerphobes
  6. queerphobia
  7. queerphobic
  8. queerplatonic
  9. queers
  10. queers someone's pitch
  11. queers up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: queerphobia (page history and authors); queerphobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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