homonegative

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English

Etymology

From homo- +‎ negative.

Adjective

homonegative (comparative more homonegative, superlative most homonegative)

  1. Holding or expressing negative attitudes toward homosexuality.
    • 2009, What to call someone who hates gays?, Toronto Star:
      Others suggest replacing homophobic with "homonegative" to reflect disapproval – not fear and hatred – of homosexuality and as a more accurate reflection of society as a whole.
    • 2015 August 7, “Relationships between Religion and Two Forms of Homonegativity in Europe—A Multilevel Analysis of Effects of Believing, Belonging and Religious Practice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      In many Eastern European countries homosexuals face blatant persecution, as the recent criminalization of homosexuality and repeated homonegative riots in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine demonstrate.