sexual orientation
sexual orientation noun: the tendencies of a person's sexual attraction, considered as a whole.
Noun
sexual orientation (countable and uncountable, plural sexual orientations)
- The tendencies of a person's sexual attraction, considered as a whole.
- There are more sexual orientations than simple homosexuality and heterosexuality.
- The process of orientation with regard to a sexual goal or potential partner.
- Synonyms:
- sexuality, sexual preference
sexual orientation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sexual orientation in Hindi
- sexual orientation
- यौन अभिविन्यास yaun abhivinyās
sexual orientation in Tamil
- sexual orientation
- பாலியல் நாட்டம் pāliyal nāṭṭam
sexual orientation in Marathi
- sexual orientation
- लैंगिक कल laiṅgik kal
sexual orientation in Urdu
- sexual orientation
- جنسی کشش
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- sexual orientation in Bengali
- যৌন অভিমুখীতা jōun obhimukhita
- sexual orientation in Malayalam
- ലൈംഗികചായ്വ് laiṅgikacāyvŭ
- sexual orientation in Punjabi
- ਲਿੰਗਕ ਅਨੁਸਥਾਪਨ liṅgak anusthāpan
- sexual orientation in Nepali
- यौन अभिमुखिकरण yaun abhimukhikaraṇ
- sexual orientation in Tagalog
- oryentasyong seksuwal
- sexual orientation in Arabic
- تَوَجُّه جِنْسِيّ tawajjuh jinsiyy, مَيْل جِنْسِيّ mayl jinsiyy
- sexual orientation in Malay
- orientasi seksual
- sexual orientation in Indonesian
- orientasi seksual
- sexual orientation in Persian
- گرایش جنسی garâyeš-e jensi
- sexual orientation in Thai
- รสนิยมทางเพศ rs̄niym thāng pheṣ̄
- sexual orientation in Vietnamese
- thiên hướng tình dục, xu hướng tình dục
Synonyms of sexual orientation
Forms of sexual orientation
| plural | sexual orientations |
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Origin of sexual orientation
Coined by New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist, and college professor John Money.
Words formed from sexual orientation
Questions about sexual orientation
- What does sexual orientation mean?
- Sexual orientation means the tendencies of a person's sexual attraction, considered as a whole.
- What is sexual orientation in Hindi?
- Sexual orientation in Hindi is यौन अभिविन्यास (yaun abhivinyās). See Sexual orientation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sexual orientation?
- Sexual orientation is a noun.
- What is the plural of sexual orientation?
- The plural of sexual orientation is sexual orientations.
Words near sexual orientation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sexual orientation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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