orientation
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4.2
- noun
- /ˌɔːrɪənˈteɪʃən/
- And that's mostly about people's orientation toward attachment.
- sexual orientation
- religious orientation
- cultural orientation
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Watch on YouTubeFaith has to be an orientation of the person.
- Faith has to be an orientation of the person.
- So part of justice would be orientation to God, right?
- You are a a man of homosexual orientation, homosexual persuasion.
- And that's mostly about people's orientation toward attachment.
- It also has an orientation towards, you might say, what is negative.
- It's around gender, it's around an orientation towards government power.
- For what is the value in an Eastern orientation?
- I like the positive orientation it gives you.
- That's that's the communal, that's the communal orientation of human beings, that sacrificial pathway.
- Which was, let's say, human rights as a spiritual orientation.
- You're secular in your mental orientation.
- And the Post Keynesian school has gone in that orientation.
Examples
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We see more significant differences based on gender than on region for psychological orientations toward politics.
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Her strong political orientation influences her views on government policies.
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Faith has to be an orientation of the person.
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I like the positive orientation it gives you.
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It's around gender, it's around an orientation towards government power.
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Based on interview data, we examine honors students' learning orientation in light of this.
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A sort of life orientation, a passion, stubbornness.
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UMart's policy is to never limit the opportunities of our employees, no matter their race, gender, age, sexual orientation.
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Patient non-discrimination policies could include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classifications.
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In short, acculturation represents changes in one's cultural orientations as one adapts to a new cultural context.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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3.0
A way of thinking or feeling that changes how you act
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2.8
A usual way of behaving, thinking, or changing
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8.4
A strong liking for something, like a type of food or music
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3.4
A tendency to prefer one idea or activity
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4.1
A way of thinking and feeling that affects how you act
Compounds
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5.3
A person or group's beliefs about government and public issues and the side they support
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6.4
A person's or group's beliefs about right and wrong that guide their choices
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Orientation comes from the root orient, meaning 'to face' or 'turn toward'. So when we speak of a person's political or sexual orientation, we mean the general direction of their beliefs or feelings.