transvestism

Noun

Meaning

the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

transvestitism transvestite cross-dressing

Hypernyms

practice pattern

Examples

Looking for transgender gaze in film, Halberstam argues that Dil's transvestism and viewer's placement in Fergus's point of view reinforces societal norms instead of challenging them. Source: Internet

I loved him in a way, but I couldn't handle the transvestism. Source: Internet

Wood was given the job, but instead made a movie about transvestism. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

transvesticism transvestigation transvestigator transvestist transvestite transvestitism