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noun
The condition of being a transvestite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: clinical-psychology, human-sciences, medicine, pathology, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
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noun
sexual mimicry
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, uncountable, usually
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: transvestitism, cross dressing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: practice, pattern
History
Etymology tree English transvest(ite) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English transvestism From transvest(ite) + -ism.
Across languages
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