transvestism

transvestism

English

Etymology

transvest(ite) +‎ -ism

Noun

transvestism (usually uncountable, plural transvestisms)

1. The condition of being a transvestite.
2. (clinical psychology, psychiatry, pathology) A paraphilia typically found in heterosexual males characterized by compulsively seeking and deriving sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.

Usage notes

• Historically, the meaning of transvestism also encompassed transgender identity.
• Clinically, transvestism is defined more narrowly than in colloquial use, and is distinguished from other forms of cross-dressing that are not associated with sexual arousal, such as cross-dressing to perform a role for entertainment purposes—which is properly termed drag.

Synonyms

• transvestitism

Translations

condition of being a transvestite

Catalan: transvestisme m Chinese: Mandarin: 異裝癖／异装癖 (yìzhuāngpǐ) Czech: transvestitismus m Finnish: transvestismi French: travestissement (fr) Galician: travestismo m German: Transvestitismus m Greek: παρενδυσία (el) f (parendysía) Polish: transwestytyzm (pl) m Portuguese: travestismo m Romanian: travestism n, transvestism n Spanish: travestismo (es)

See also

• Transvestic fetishism

References

• Oliven, John F., M.D. (1974) Clinical Sexuality: A Manual for the Physician and the Professions, Third edition, Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, →ISBN
• American Psychiatric Association (1980) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-III), Third edition, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
• American Psychiatric Association (1987) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-III-R), Third Revised edition, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
• World Health Organization (1992) The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines, Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, →ISBN
• American Psychiatric Association (1994) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV), Fourth edition, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
• American Psychiatric Association (2000) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV-TR), Fourth Text Revision edition, Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
• American Psychiatric Association (2013) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5), Fifth edition, Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., →ISBN