Homophobia. A word used to describe people against the practice of homosexuality or the practice itself.
Let's break down the word.
Homo
Phobia.
Then another word
Homo
Sexual
And another
Homo
Zygous (I'm a chemistry man so shut up if I slept this wrong.)
Those words all have the root Homo in them. Let's look at the last two.
Homozygous means that you have two of the same genes. For example, Blonde Hair and Blonde Hair.
Homosexual means attraction to the same sex.
Homo. It means same.
Phobia. It means the fear of or aversion to.
Homophobia. The fear of or aversion to same.
See what a lack of understanding on Greek and Latin roots can do?
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It's like a telethon. Thon doesn't mean a long thing. Bastardization of roots is a popular theme in English. [spoiler]homo also means man so it could be scared of men[/spoiler]