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transvestism

noun

Etymology

From transvest(ite) + -ism.

  1. borrowed from Transvestitismus
  2. borrowed from trāns
  3. suffixed as transvestism — “transvestite + ism”

Definitions

  1. The condition of being a transvestite.

  2. A paraphilia typically found in heterosexual males characterized by compulsively seeking…

    A paraphilia typically found in heterosexual males characterized by compulsively seeking and deriving sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.

  3. sexual mimicry

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for transvestism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA