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I went to dictionary.com. I looked up the following - acrophobia - irrational fear of heights arachnophobia - irrational fear of spiders hydrophobia - irration fear of water (a whole bunch of others, including clown phobia, blah, blah, blah) homophobia - fear or contempt for lesbians or gay men Now, I did not find one phobia, with the exception of homophobia, that was defined with "contempt for". In fact, the definition of homophobia stands out because it is different. The definition of this word has evolved for what I believe are political purposes - allowing the word to be used for anyone who does not like homosexual behavior. It allows a wider use of the word to label people. No other phobia I found says anything but fear, because of the word origins. Edited to add - Had a thought. Looked up xenophobia. It also uses the word contempt. |
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