| orientation | | |
| n. (act) | 1. orientation | the act of orienting. |
| ~ locating, positioning, emplacement, location, placement, position | the act of putting something in a certain place. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. orientation | an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs. |
| ~ attitude, mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways.; "he had the attitude that work was fun" |
| ~ wavelength | a shared orientation leading to mutual understanding.; "they are on the same wavelength" |
| ~ experimentalism | an orientation that favors experimentation and innovation.; "the children of psychologists are often raised in an atmosphere of experimentalism" |
| ~ reorientation | a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs. |
| ~ perspective, view, position | a way of regarding situations or topics etc..; "consider what follows from the positivist view" |
| ~ orthodoxy | a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards. |
| ~ heresy, heterodoxy, unorthodoxy | any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position. |
| ~ ideology, political orientation, political theory | an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation. |
| ~ religious orientation | an attitude toward religion or religious practices. |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. orientation | position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions. |
| ~ direction | the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves.; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind" |
| ~ attitude | position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion). |
| ~ horizontal | something that is oriented horizontally. |
| ~ vertical | something that is oriented vertically. |
| ~ quarter | one of the four major division of the compass.; "the wind is coming from that quarter" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. orientation, predilection, preference | a predisposition in favor of something.; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation" |
| ~ predisposition | an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. orientation | a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships. |
| ~ self-awareness | awareness of your own individuality. |
| n. (act) | 6. orientation, orientation course | a course introducing a new situation or environment. |
| ~ course, course of instruction, course of study, class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings.; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" |
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