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Homophobia, taken literally, would mean "irrational hatred or fear of homosexuals or homosexuality". But this term is used rather in two ways:

1. As a quick shorthand for "opposition to homosexuality" or "the belief that homosexuality is sinful" and so on. The media prefer short words to cumbersome phrases, so the term prospered.

2. As a snarl word to imply that it's irrational or hateful to oppose homosexuality or to call it sinful.


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Edited November 30, 2001 5:21 am by Ed Poor (diff)
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