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TRANSVESTISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does transvestism mean?
• TRANSVESTISM (noun)
The noun TRANSVESTISM has 1 sense:
1. the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex
Familiarity information: TRANSVESTISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cross dressing; transvestism; transvestitism
Hypernyms ("transvestism" is a kind of...):
pattern; practice (a customary way of operation or behavior)
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