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sexual orientations

sexual orientations is the plural of sexual orientation.

Meaning of sexual orientation

Noun

sexual orientation (countable and uncountable, plural sexual orientations)

  1. The tendencies of a person's sexual attraction, considered as a whole.
    • There are more sexual orientations than simple homosexuality and heterosexuality.
  2. (obsolete) The process of orientation with regard to a sexual goal or potential partner.

Questions about sexual orientations

What is sexual orientations the plural of?
Sexual orientations is the plural of sexual orientation.

Words near sexual orientations in the dictionary

  1. sexual offender
  2. sexual offenders
  3. sexual orientation
  4. sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts
  5. sexual orientation change efforts
  6. sexual orientations
  7. sexual partner
  8. sexual partners
  9. sexual play
  10. sexual politics
  11. sexual predator

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sexual orientations (page history and authors); 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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