orientation
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4.2
- noun
- /ˌɔːrɪənˈteɪʃən/
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orientación
- And that's mostly about people's orientation toward attachment.
- sexual orientation
- religious orientation
- cultural orientation
Faith 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.
Academic text (2015) -
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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3.4
A tendency to prefer one idea or activity
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8.4
A strong liking for something, like a type of food or music
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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
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.