sexual orientation

noun

Etymology

Coined by New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist, and college professor John Money.

Definitions

  1. The tendencies of a person's sexual attraction, considered as a whole.

    • There are more sexual orientations than simple homosexuality and heterosexuality.
  2. The process of orientation with regard to a sexual goal or potential partner.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sexual orientation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA