Phobes root word there is phobia. Which is fear of.
Someone who has arachnophobia is afraid of spiders. Yet homophobia doesn't mean fear of gays. It's hate of gays.
This doesn't make sense at all.
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[quote]Someone who has arachnophobia is afraid of spiders. Yet homophobia doesn't mean fear of gays. It's hate of gays.[/quote] I have a legitimate question: is "homophobia" defined as hating gay people, or by hating homosexuality itself? Because I'm pretty certain that there is a major difference between the two.