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transvestism
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transvestism /trans·ves·tism/ (-ves´tizm)
1. the practice of wearing articles of clothing and assuming the appearance, manner, or roles of the opposite sex.
2. transvestic fetishism.
trans·ves·tism (trns-vstzm, trnz-) or trans·ves·ti·tism (-t-tzm)
n.
The practice of dressing in clothes traditionally associated with the opposite gender.
transvestism
[-ves′tizəm]
a tendency to achieve psychic and sexual relief by dressing in the clothing of the opposite sex.
transvestism
Cross-dressing Psychiatry Sexuoeroticism from dressing or masquerading as one of the opposite sex, a possibly unconscious lifestyle choice, more common in ♂. See Gynemimesis, Gynemimetophila, Gender identity disorder.


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