''Biphobia''Bifobia isadalah aistilah [[portmanteau word]] patterned on themengikuti termistilah ''[[homophobiahomofobia]]''. ItIa derivesberasal fromdari the English [[English prefixes#Neo-classical|neo-classical prefix]]awalan ''bi-'' (meaningbermakna "twodua") fromdalam ''bisexualbiseksual'' and the rootdan ''-phobiafobia'' (fromdari thekata dalam {{lang-el|φόβος}}, ''phóbos'', yang bermakna "fearketakutan") found indalam ''homophobiahomofobia''. AlongBifobia, withhomofobia, dan ''[[transphobiatransfobia]]''andmerupakan ''homophobia'',istilah-istilah itutama isyang onemenjelaskan ofintoleransi adan familydiskriminasi ofyang termsdihadapi used to describekaum [[Bigotry|intoleranceLGBT]]. andBifobik discriminationmerupakan againstkata [[LGBT]]sifat people.yang Themenjelaskan [[Adjective|adjectival]]sesuatu formyang ''biphobic''berkaitan describesdengan thingsbifobia, orsementara qualitiesdalam relatedbahasa toInggris biphobia,turut andpula thedikenal less-common nounkata ''biphobe'' is a labelyang forbermakna peopleorang thoughtyang todiduga harbormenyimpan biphobiabifobia.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Eliason, MJ|title=The prevalence and nature of biphobia in heterosexual undergraduate students|journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior|volume=26|issue=3|year=1997|pages=317–26|pmid=9146816|doi=10.1023/A:1024527032040}}</ref>
Bifobia tidak bermakna [[fobia]] dalam pengertian [[psikologi klinis]], tetapi seperti makna fobia dalam istilah [[xenofobia]].
''Biphobia'' need not be a [[phobia]] as defined in [[clinical psychology]] (i.e., an [[anxiety disorder]]). Its meaning and use typically parallel those of ''[[xenophobia]]''.
