Language doesn’t always follow logical rules though, it’s defined by how we actually use it. Like everyone understands that the “homophobia” means prejudice against homosexual people, despite the “homo” part only meaning “same” when it is without the “-sexual” part. Nobody thinks it means fear of things that are the same
Language doesn’t always follow logical rules though, it’s defined by how we actually use it. Like everyone understands that the “homophobia” means prejudice against homosexual people, despite the “homo” part only meaning “same” when it is without the “-sexual” part. Nobody thinks it means fear of things that are the same