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1. orientation
noun. ['ˌɔriːɛnˈteɪʃən'] the act of orienting.
Synonyms
- placement
- emplacement
- location
- positioning
- position
Antonyms
- unerect
- erect
- hawkishness
- conservative
Etymology
- -ation (English)
- orient (English)
- orient (Middle English (1100-1500))
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Rhymes with Orientation
- deinstitutionalization
- institutionalization
- self-congratulation
- antidiscrimination
- telecommunication
- nondiscrimination
- misrepresentation
- mischaracterization
- internationalization
- industrialization
- decriminalization
- transillumination
- self-determination
- renationalization
- recapitalization
- prestidigitation
- misinterpretation
- misidentification
- miscommunication
- experimentation
- excommunication
- disqualification
- discontinuation
- denationalization
- decentralization
- transplantation
- singularization
- self-perpetuation
- securitization
- reinterpretation
How do you pronounce orientation?
Pronounce orientation as ˌɔriɛnˈteɪʃən.
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How do you spell orientation? Is it oriention ?
A common misspelling of orientation is oriention
Sentences with orientation
1. Noun, singular or mass
Keep a list of all of these items because they will have to itemized later in your state orientation.
Quotes about orientation
1. We hope we are moving toward a world where sexual orientation is not an issue, because we hate the idea of a gay ghetto. I think that it's a real shame that people become restricted by their sexuality or define their whole lives by their sexuality.
- Neil Tennant
2. Just as love is an orientation which refers to all objects and is incompatible with the restriction to one object, so is reason a human faculty which must embrace the whole of the world with which man is confronted.
- Erich Fromm
3. You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.
- Edgar D. Mitchell
2. orientation
noun. ['ˌɔriːɛnˈteɪʃən'] an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs.
Synonyms
- political theory
- reorientation
- experimentalism
- perspective
- religious orientation
- position
- heresy
- view
- orthodoxy
- unorthodoxy
- heterodoxy
- political orientation
- wavelength
- ideology
- mental attitude
Antonyms
- unorthodoxy
- upper-class
- middle-class
- low status
Etymology
- -ation (English)
- orient (English)
- orient (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. orientation
noun. ['ˌɔriːɛnˈteɪʃən'] a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships.
Antonyms
- liberal
Etymology
- -ation (English)
- orient (English)
- orient (Middle English (1100-1500))
4. orientation
noun. ['ˌɔriːɛnˈteɪʃən'] a course introducing a new situation or environment.
Synonyms
- course of instruction
- class
- course
- course of study
Antonyms
- reverence
- respect
- disrespect
- irreverence
Etymology
- -ation (English)
- orient (English)
- orient (Middle English (1100-1500))
5. orientation
noun. ['ˌɔriːɛnˈteɪʃən'] position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions.
Synonyms
- direction
- vertical
- horizontal
- perpendicular
- inclined
- quarter
Antonyms
- vertical
- dominant
- lower-class
- high status
Etymology
- -ation (English)
- orient (English)
- orient (Middle English (1100-1500))
6. orientation
noun. ['ˌɔriːɛnˈteɪʃən'] a predisposition in favor of something.
Synonyms
- preference
- predisposition
Antonyms
- disarrange
- deglycerolize
- subordinate
Etymology
- -ation (English)
- orient (English)
- orient (Middle English (1100-1500))