lesbophobia
noun
lesbophobia is a noun meaning “Fear, dislike, or hatred of lesbians (female homosexuals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-E-S-B-O-P-H-O-B-I-A, and it appears about once in every 89 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does lesbophobia mean?
noun
- 1
Fear, dislike, or hatred of lesbians (female homosexuals).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of lesbophobia
- lesbiphobia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lesbophobia?
Lesbophobia appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Lesbophobia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fear, dislike, or hatred of lesbians:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lesbophobie |
| German | Lesbophobie, Lesbenfeindlichkeit |
| Portuguese | lesbofobia |
| Spanish | lesbofobia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lesbophobia come from?
From lesbo- + -phobia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).