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Meaning of "sexual preference" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SEXUAL PREFERENCE

sexual preference  [ˈsɛkʃʊəl ˈprɛfərəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEXUAL PREFERENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sexual preference is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEXUAL PREFERENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sexual preference

Sexual orientation

Sexual orientation is an enduring personal quality that inclines people to feel romantic or sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender. These attractions are generally subsumed under heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality,[1][2] while asexuality is sometimes identified as the fourth category.[3][4][5][6] These categories are aspects of the more nuanced nature of sexual identity.[1] For example, people may use other labels, such as pansexual or polysexual,[7] or none at all.[1] According to the American Psychological Association, sexual orientation "also refers to a person's sense of identity based on those attractions, related behaviors, and membership in a community of others who share those attractions".[1][8] The term sexual preference largely overlaps with sexual orientation, but is generally distinguished in psychological research.[9] A person who identifies as bisexual, for example, may sexually prefer one sex over the other.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEXUAL PREFERENCE


appearance
əˈpɪərəns
assurance
əˈʃʊərəns
circumference
səˈkʌmfərəns
clearance
ˈklɪərəns
conference
ˈkɒnfərəns
deference
ˈdɛfərəns
difference
ˈdɪfərəns
efference
ˈefərəns
inference
ˈɪnfərəns
insurance
ɪnˈʃʊərəns
misreference
ˌmɪsˈrefərəns
nonconference
ˌnɒnˈkɒnfərəns
preference
ˈprɛfərəns
reference
ˈrɛfərəns
subreference
ˈsʌbˌrefərəns
sufferance
ˈsʌfərəns
teleconference
ˈtɛlɪˌkɒnfərəns
tolerance
ˈtɒlərəns
transference
ˈtrænsfərəns
vociferance
vəʊˈsɪfərəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEXUAL PREFERENCE

sexual abuse
sexual assault
sexual climax
sexual dimorphism
sexual equality
sexual harassment
sexual health
sexual intercourse
sexual orientation
sexual politics
sexual reproduction
sexual selection
sexual services
sexual spore
sexual stereotyping
sexualisation
sexualise
sexualism
sexualist
sexuality

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEXUAL PREFERENCE

abhorrence
adherence
at your convenience
clarence
coherence
concurrence
cross-reference
Florence
indifference
interference
Laurence
Lawrence
make a difference
news conference
occurrence
press conference
recurrence
Terence
time difference
transparence
with a difference

Synonyms and antonyms of sexual preference in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sexual preference» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEXUAL PREFERENCE

Find out the translation of sexual preference to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sexual preference from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sexual preference» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

性取向
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

preferencia sexual
570 millions of speakers

English

sexual preference
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लैंगिक पसंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التفضيل الجنسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сексуальные предпочтения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

preferência sexual
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যৌন পছন্দ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

préférence sexuelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keutamaan seksual
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sexuelle Vorlieben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

性的な好み
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성적 성향
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prekara seksual
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sở thích tình dục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாலியல் விருப்பம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लैंगिक आवडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cinsel tercih
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

preferenze sessuali
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

preferencje seksualne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сексуальні уподобання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

preferințele sexuale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σεξουαλικής προτίμησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

seksuele voorkeur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sexuell läggning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

seksuell preferanse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sexual preference

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEXUAL PREFERENCE»

The term «sexual preference» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.219 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEXUAL PREFERENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sexual preference» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sexual preference» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sexual preference

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7 QUOTES WITH «SEXUAL PREFERENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sexual preference.
1
Clive Davis
There will come a time when very few will care about other people's sexual preference - or preferences.
2
Evan Hunter
I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference.
3
Lance Loud
My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
4
Lance Loud
Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with.
5
Rebecca MacKinnon
It becomes dangerous for somebody who doesn't want their boss to know their sexual preference to use online networks to push for laws supporting gay marriage or same-sex partner rights if they can't do so with a pseudonym.
6
Robin Morgan
Feminism is for all women and girls, not a privileged few or one ethnicity, religion, age, sexual preference, ability, region or hemisphere.
7
ASAP Rocky
I used to be homophobic, but as I got older, I realized that wasn't the way to do things. I don't discriminate against anybody for their sexual preference, for their skin color... that's immature.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEXUAL PREFERENCE»

Discover the use of sexual preference in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sexual preference and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sex, Cells, and Same-sex Desire: The Biology of Sexual ...
The contributors to this book demystify biological research on sexual preference and make it accessible to readers unfamiliar with it and its terminology.
John P. De Cecco, David Allen Parker, 1995
2
Boys or women?: the rhetoric of sexual preference in ...
th a beloved boy.
Michael R. Klabunde, 2001
3
Sex, Cells, and Same-Sex Desire: The Biology of Sexual ...
This fascinating new book explores the myriad aspects of biological theories of sexual preference.
David A Parker, 2014
4
Conversations about Psychology and Sexual Orientation
While some Boulderites objected to the ordinance in general, many objected specifically to the inclusion of sexual preference. The issue divided the community and ultimately resulted in the recall of one council member and the failure of the ...
Janis S. Bohan, Glenda Marie Russell, 1999
5
Andrology: Male Reproductive Health and Dysfunction
Patients with disorders of sexual preference (paraphilias) experience deviating sexual impulses. Therefore, persons who have such inclinations, but do not suffer by them, are not considered as disturbed, ill or in need of treatment, as long as ...
Eberhard Nieschlag, Hermann M. Behre, Susan Nieschlag, 2010
6
Sex, Preference, and Family
A collection of essays examining the relationship between nature and law, the 'personal' and the 'political'.
Martha C. Nussbaum, 1998
7
Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry
Aetiology of abnormalities of sexual preference A range of theories have been proposed to explain abnormalities of sexual preference, none of which are supported by good evidence. 0 Behavioural models. According to these models, sexual ...
Philip Cowen, Paul Harrison, Tom Burns, 2012
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Sexual Hierarchies, Public Status: Men, Sodomy, and Society ...
Sexual preference did not seem to play a particularly strong role in this system. Despite the almost repetitive narratives that emphasize the sexual act, even to the point of equating the penetration of adolescent boys and women, glimpses of  ...
Cristian Berco, 2007
9
Pathways to Sexual Aggression
Introduction According to the sexual preference hypothesis, men commit rapes because they are more sexually aroused by coercive sexual fantasies and behaviors than by sexual activities involving two consenting adults (Barbaree, 1990).
Jean Proulx, Eric Beauregard, Patrick Lussier, 2014
10
Handbook of Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
male (Seto & Lalumière, 2000). Yet, based on the current scientific literature, only a minority of convicted child molesters show a sexual preference for children (i.e., being more sexually aroused by children than by adults; Barbaree & Marshall, ...
David L. Rowland, Luca Incrocci, 2008

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEXUAL PREFERENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sexual preference is used in the context of the following news items.
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Adult dating site hack exposes sexual secrets of millions
(CNN) — More than 3.5 millions people's sexual preferences, fetishes and secrets have been exposed after dating site Adult FriendFinder was hacked. Already ... «WTNH, May 15»
2
Recruits to Armed Forces are to be asked about their sexual
Details of sexual preferences will be held on personal records for the first time in British ... “But it's important troops don't have to reveal sexual preferences. «Scottish Daily Record, Jan 15»
3
Study shows women's menstrual cycle phase impacts sexual
During the most fertile phase of their menstrual cycle, women prefer sexual ... More information: "Menstrual cycle phase alters women's sexual preferences for ... «Medical Xpress, Apr 14»
4
New York pushes NFL on discrimination due to sexual orientation
The remarks spurred a debate over whether NFL clubs were inquiring into players' sexual preferences and whether gay people would be discriminated against ... «CNN, Mar 13»
5
Look into my eyes: How your sexual preference can be determined …
Now researchers believe that sexual orientation can also be revealed by pupil dilation, after a study at Cornell University used a specialised infrared lens to ... «Daily Mail, Aug 12»
6
California questionnaire asks judges to list sexual preference
Equality California argued it is vital that demographic reports consider gender identity and sexual orientation to know "how the lesbian, gay, bisexual and ... «Fox News, Mar 12»
7
Sexual preference chemical found in mice
A chemical in the brain controls sexual preference in mice, according to scientists in China. Male mice bred without serotonin lose their preference for females, ... «BBC News, Mar 11»

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