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affectional orientation

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[uh-fek-shuh-nl awr-ee-uhn-tey-shuhn, ‐en‐] / əˈfɛk ʃə nl ˌɔr i ənˈteɪ ʃən, ‐ɛn‐ /

noun

  1. one's natural preference for a romantic partner of one gender or the other, or the absence of gender preference in a romantic relationship; one’s aromantic, biromantic, heteroromantic, homoromantic, or panromantic identity.

Etymology

Origin of affectional orientation

First recorded in 1965–70

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