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Meaning of "transvestism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TRANSVESTISM

transvestism  [trænzˈvɛstɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRANSVESTISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Transvestism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRANSVESTISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

transvestism

Transvestism

Transvestism is the practice of dressing and acting in a style or manner traditionally associated with another gender.

Definition of transvestism in the English dictionary

The definition of transvestism in the dictionary is the practice of seeking sexual pleasure from wearing clothes that are normally associated with the opposite sex; cross-dressing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRANSVESTISM


anti-Semitism
ˌæntɪˈsemɪtɪzəm
astigmatism
əˈstɪɡməˌtɪzəm
autism
ˈɔːtɪzəm
automatism
ɔːˈtɒməˌtɪzəm
baptism
ˈbæpˌtɪzəm
casteism
ˈkɑːstɪzəm
conservatism
kənˈsɜːvəˌtɪzəm
electromagnetism
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
erotism
ˈɛrəˌtɪzəm
ferromagnetism
ˌfɛrəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
hirsutism
ˈhɜːsjuːˌtɪzəm
magnetism
ˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
mutism
ˈmjuːtɪzəm
patriotism
ˈpætrɪəˌtɪzəm
polymastism
ˌpɒlɪˈmæstɪzəm
pragmatism
ˈpræɡməˌtɪzəm
rheumatism
ˈruːməˌtɪzəm
statism
ˈsteɪtɪzəm
syncretism
ˈsɪŋkrɪˌtɪzəm
textism
ˈtɛkstɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRANSVESTISM

transvaluer
transvaluing
transversal
transversality
transversally
transverse
transverse colon
transverse engine
transverse flute
transverse process
transverse wave
transversely
transverseness
transversion
transverter
transvest
transvestic
transvestist
transvestite
transvestitism

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRANSVESTISM

animal magnetism
cultism
defeatism
despotism
dilettantism
elitism
geomagnetism
gigantism
hypnotism
leftism
magmatism
nepotism
occultism
parasitism
proselytism
scientism
separatism
spiritism
traumatism
vigilantism

Synonyms and antonyms of transvestism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «transvestism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRANSVESTISM

Find out the translation of transvestism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of transvestism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «transvestism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

倒错
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

travestismo
570 millions of speakers

English

transvestism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

transvestism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لبسة الجنس الآخر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трансвестизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

travestismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

transvestism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

travestissement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Transvestisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Transvestit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

服装倒錯
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

복장 도착
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Transvestism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

transvestism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

transvestism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रत्यावर्तन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karşı cinse özenme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

travestitismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

transwestytyzm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трансвестизм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

transvestism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

transvestism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

transvestism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

transvestism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

transvestisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of transvestism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRANSVESTISM»

The term «transvestism» is regularly used and occupies the 97.583 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRANSVESTISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «transvestism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «transvestism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about transvestism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRANSVESTISM»

Discover the use of transvestism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to transvestism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Narrative Transvestism: Rhetoric and Gender in the ...
How does the male author behind the voice reveal himself to readers, and how do our glimpses of him affect our experience of the novel?
Madeleine Kahn, 1991
2
Transvestism, Masculinity, and Latin American Literature: ...
The first book-length and authored study of transvestism & performativity in Latin American literature.
Ben Sifuentes-Jáuregui, 2002
3
Transvestism, Transsexualism in the Psychoanalytic Dimension
This book on transsexualism and transvestism shows exactly how psychoanalysis can reflect, discuss, dialogue and formulate useful insights on one of the most challenging situations that nowadays confront all members of the mental health ...
Giovanna Ambrosio, 2009
4
Transvestism and the onnagata traditions in Shakespeare and ...
Many of the world's leading experts on Shakespeare and kabuki are contributors to this important new volume on cross-dressing in both traditions--a subject of fundamental importance and enduring debate.
Minoru Fujita, Michael Shapiro, 2006
5
The Tradition of Female Transvestism in Early Modern Europe
In 17th- and 18th-century Europe, especially in Holland, England, and Germany, many women chose to dress and live as men.
Rudolf M. Dekker, Lotte C. Van De Pol, 1997
6
My Words Echo Thus: Possessing the Past in Peter Ackroyd
Dressing Up, Transvestism and Drag In Dressing Up, Transvestism and Drag: The History of an Obsession,1 Peter Ackroyd provides a brief history of cross- dressing in a book that is lavishly illustrated with drawings and photographs of the ...
Barry Lewis, 2007
7
Themes in Sexuality
National. responses. to. sexual. perversions: the. case. of. transvestism. Angus. McLaren. In November 1931 Augustine Joseph Hull, a man who dressed in women's clothing and had lived for months as the wife of an unwitting unemployed ...
Franz X. Eder, Gert Hekma, Lesley A. Hall, 1999
8
Sexual Behavior: Problems and Management
Kolarsky, Freund, Machek, and Polak (1967), in an investigation of 86 male epileptics, were unable to find a relationship between epilepsy and transvestism. This had been suggested in earlier studies of small numbers of subjects in which the ...
Nathaniel McConaghy, 1993
9
Vested voices: literary transvestism in Italian literature
Literary transvestism studies authors who choose to write their narratives or poems from the sensitivity and sensibility of the opposite sex, and thus who metaphorically try to penetrate and possess the body and psyche of the opposite sex, ...
Rossella Riccobono, 2006
10
"Skirting the Issue": Transvestism and Political Critique in ...
The texts' transvestite figures serve varying functions, both embodying the social anxieties and instabilities engendered by James's rule, and serving as oppositional figures who challenge the king's inept rulership.
E. Bridget Sweeney, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRANSVESTISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term transvestism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Soldier Whose Time Has Come
... which names as grounds for rejection “psychosexual conditions, including but not limited to transsexualism, exhibitionism, transvestism, voyeurism and other ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Former US Marine: Let trans people fight the same fight as everyone …
... have “current or history of psychosexual conditions, including but not limited to transsexualism, exhibitionism, transvestism, voyeurism, and other paraphilias”. «PinkNews, Jul 15»
3
Pentagon to set six-month limit on transgender discrimination
... reported Monday, ending a longstanding – and, many argue, outdated – ban on “transsexualism, exhibitionism, transvestism, voyeurism and other paraphilias. «MSNBC, Jul 15»
4
Recently Re-Discovered Gay TV Special 'The Rejected' Was Pretty …
(She also conflates transvestism with homosexuality, but you take your hope where you find it.) As the hour progresses, one of the show's many lawyers refers to ... «Unicorn Booty, Jun 15»
5
“Ethnic Transvestism
Of course, Rachel Dolezal is the current cause celebre. In terms of gender crossovers, there is currently Caitlin Jenner. So far as I know, the one thing we haven't ... «Jewish Journal, Jun 15»
6
Republican Lindsey Graham didn't know trans people are banned …
... have “current or history of psychosexual conditions, including but not limited to transsexualism, exhibitionism, transvestism, voyeurism, and other paraphilias”. «PinkNews, Jun 15»
7
A brief history of Transsexuality
But were these examples of transsexuality or transvestism? Like so much of unconventional sexuality, much is buried, whispered, rumoured or sniggered about ... «euronews, Jun 15»
8
The New Girlfriend, film review: Sexuality, transvestism and middle …
Ozon is dealing with gender, sexuality, transvestism and middle-class hypocrisy in his usual subversive fashion but the brio of the opening scenes is gradually ... «The Independent, May 15»
9
The call of Cannes
A team of students from Chennai has made its way to the Cannes Film Festival, 2015 to be held next month in France. Their film His Girl, a story on transvestism, ... «The Hindu, Apr 15»
10
Bestival founder Rob da Bank on how to run a major festival
Transvestism is my favourite because I'd really love to do a cross-dressing theme, but everyone's too shy, too worried about that to go for it. I think we're on a bit ... «Digital Spy UK, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Transvestism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/transvestism>. Apr 2024 ».
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