Editing Significant other (section)

{{Short description|Person's partner in an intimate relationship}}
{{Other uses|Significant Others (disambiguation)}}
{{redirect|Life partner}}
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[[File:7th ESB Det. Deploys to Afghanistan DVIDS217636.jpg|thumb|A United States Marine kisses a woman described as his "significant other" before going to Afghanistan.<ref name="DIVDS">{{cite web |title=7th ESB Det. Deploys to Afghanistan |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/217636/7th-esb-det-deploys-afghanistan |website=DVIDS |access-date=4 August 2022 |language=en |date=2009-10-25}}</ref>|alt=A white man in [[digital camouflage]] kisses a white woman in civilian clothes.]]
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The term '''significant other''' ('''SO''') has different uses in psychology and colloquial language. [[colloquialism|Colloquially]], "significant other" is used as a [[gender-neutral language|gender-neutral]] term for a person's partner in an [[intimate relationship]]{{r|farlex}} without disclosing or presuming anything about [[marital status]], relationship status, [[gender identity]], or [[sexual orientation]]. Synonyms with similar properties include sweetheart, other half, better half, [[spouse]], [[Domestic partnership|domestic partner]], lover, [[Wiktionary:paramour|paramour]], [[soulmate]], and life partner.