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sexual preference

/sɛkʃuəl pɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/

sexual preference noun: sexual orientation.

Noun

sexual preference (countable and uncountable, plural sexual preferences)

  1. Sexual orientation.
    • My family has shut me out from their lives because of my sexual preference.1986 December 7, Tommy Griffis, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 14

Forms of sexual preference

pluralsexual preferences

Questions about sexual preference

What does sexual preference mean?
Sexual preference means sexual orientation.
What part of speech is sexual preference?
Sexual preference is a noun.
How do you pronounce sexual preference?
Sexual preference is pronounced /sɛkʃuəl pɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/.
What is the plural of sexual preference?
The plural of sexual preference is sexual preferences.

Words near sexual preference in the dictionary

  1. sexual partners
  2. sexual play
  3. sexual politics
  4. sexual predator
  5. sexual predators
  6. sexual preference
  7. sexual preferences
  8. sexual reassignment
  9. sexual reassignment surgery
  10. sexual relation
  11. sexual relations

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