Meanings
nounsexual preference (countable and uncountable, plural sexual preferences)
plural sexual preferences
- countableuncountableSexual orientation.
My family has shut me out from their lives because of my sexual preference.
1986 December 7, Tommy Griffis, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 14
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sexual preference. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexual%20preference
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“sexual preference.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexual%20preference. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexual preference,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexual%20preference.
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