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单词 transvesticism
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transvesticismn.

Brit. /tranzˈvɛstᵻsɪz(ə)m/, /trɑːnzˈvɛstᵻsɪz(ə)m/, /transˈvɛstᵻsɪz(ə)m/, /trɑːnsˈvɛstᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /trænzˈvɛstəˌsɪzəm/, /træn(t)sˈvɛstəˌsɪzəm/
Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or perhaps (ii) formed with English, by derivation. Etymons: transvestitism n.; transvestic adj., -ism suffix.
Etymology: Either an alteration of transvestitism n. after words in -icism, such as historicism n., or perhaps < transvestic adj. + -ism suffix. Compare earlier transvestism n.Some examples may simply show typographical errors for transvestitism n.
Now somewhat dated, and potentially offensive.
The action or practice of dressing in clothes conventionally associated with the opposite sex; cross-dressing, transvestism.Much less frequently used than transvestism n., and never a widely used term in psychology.
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1934 Man 34 150/1 [A conference paper by] Mr. Gregory Bateson on Transvesticism on the Sepik River.
1965 M. Banton Roles 45 In seventeenth-century Scotland kirk sessions fulminated against transvesticism at Hogmanay.
2016 Dunmow & Standsted Observer (Nexis) 2 Mar. 29 Grayson Perry..held forth on art, class, taste and transvesticism with wit, warmth, insight and not a little mischief on Monday night.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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