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Orientation

noun

The act of orienting.

An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs.

Position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions.

A predisposition in favor of something. Synonyms: predilection, preference. "His sexual preferences" , "Showed a Marxist orientation"

A person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships.

A course introducing a new situation or environment. Synonym: orientation course.

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"Orientation" Quotes from Famous Books

... magisterial districts. This method of election was adopted deliberately as a means of maintaining a balance of political representation of the western and southern parts of the County, which still were rural in their economic and social orientation, and the north, east and central areas of the County, which had been intensively developed as part of the suburbs of ...

— The Fairfax County Courthouse • Ross D. Netherton

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