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sexual orientation - 5 dictionary results

sexual orientation

–noun
one's natural preference in sexual partners; predilection for homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.

Origin:
1990–95
sexual orientation  
n.  The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes.

sexual orientation

Preference for sexual activity with people of the opposite sex, the same sex, or both. (See bisexuality, heterosexuality, and homosexuality.)


Main Entry: sexual orientation
Function: noun
: the inclination of an individual with respect to heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual behavior

sexual orientation n.
The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. Replaces sexual preference in most contemporary uses.

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