 orientation |
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| 1. | [ noun ] the act of orienting | |
| Related terms: | location | |
| 2. | [ noun ] an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs | |
| Related terms: | attitude position political_orientation reorientation wavelength religious_orientation unorthodoxy orthodoxy experimentalism | |
| 3. | [ noun ] position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions | |
| Related terms: | direction attitude quarter vertical horizontal vertical horizontal inclined | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (psychology) a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships | |
| Related terms: | self-awareness | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a predisposition in favor of something | |
| Synonyms: | preference predilection | |
| Examples: | "a predilection for expensive cars" "his sexual preferences" "showed a Marxist orientation" |
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| Related terms: | predisposition choose | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (education) a course introducing a new situation or environment | |
| Synonyms: | orientation_course | |
| Related terms: | course | |
| Similar spelling: |
orientating orienting orientate orientated orientalist Oriental oriental_plane oriental_roach orientalize orientalism orientalise oriented oriental_sore |
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