orientation

English Thesaurus

1. a course introducing a new situation or environment (noun.act)

hypernym	:	class, course, course of instruction, course of study,
definition	:	education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings (noun.act)

2. the act of orienting (noun.act)

hypernym	:	emplacement, locating, location, placement, position, positioning,
definition	:	the act of putting something in a certain place (noun.act)

3. a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	self-awareness,
definition	:	awareness of your own individuality (noun.cognition)

4. a predisposition in favor of something (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	predisposition,
definition	:	an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way (noun.cognition)

5. an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	attitude, mental attitude,
definition	:	a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	wavelength,
definition	:	a shared orientation leading to mutual understanding (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	experimentalism,
definition	:	an orientation that favors experimentation and innovation (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	reorientation,
definition	:	a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	perspective, position, view,
definition	:	a way of regarding situations or topics etc. (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	orthodoxy,
definition	:	a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	heresy, heterodoxy, unorthodoxy,
definition	:	any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	ideology, political orientation, political theory,
definition	:	an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	religious orientation,
definition	:	an attitude toward religion or religious practices (noun.cognition)

6. position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions (noun.linkdef)

hypernym	:	direction,
definition	:	the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves (noun.linkdef)

hyponym	:	attitude,
definition	:	position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion) (noun.linkdef)

hyponym	:	horizontal,
definition	:	something that is oriented horizontally (noun.linkdef)

hyponym	:	vertical,
definition	:	something that is oriented vertically (noun.linkdef)

hyponym	:	quarter,
definition	:	one of the four major division of the compass (noun.linkdef)

attribute	:	horizontal,
definition	:	parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line (adj.all)

attribute	:	perpendicular, vertical,
definition	:	at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line (adj.all)

attribute	:	inclined,
definition	:	at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position (adj.all)

7. a predisposition in favor of something (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	choose, opt, prefer,
definition	:	select as an alternative over another (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	discriminatory, preferential,
definition	:	manifesting partiality (adj.all)

derivation	:	best-loved, favored, favorite, favourite, pet, preferent, preferred,
definition	:	preferred above all others and treated with partiality (adj.all)

derivation	:	choose, opt, prefer,
definition	:	select as an alternative over another (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	discriminatory, preferential,
definition	:	manifesting partiality (adj.all)

derivation	:	best-loved, favored, favorite, favourite, pet, preferent, preferred,
definition	:	preferred above all others and treated with partiality (adj.all)