Organism Attribute
transvestism
[ trans-ves-tiz-uhm, tranz- ]
Subclass of:
Paraphilias
Also called:
Transvestic Disorder
Definitions related to transvestism:
  • Disorder characterized by recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving cross-dressing in a heterosexual male. The fantasies, urges, or behaviors cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational or other areas of functioning. (from APA, DSM-IV, 1994)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (transvestic fetishism) A disorder characterized by recurrent sexual urges, fantasies, or behaviors in a heterosexual male involving cross-dressing.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Transvestism involves recurrent, intense sexual arousal from cross-dressing. Transvestic disorder is transvestism that causes significant distress or substantially interferes with daily functioning. Most cross-dressers have transvestism rather than transvestic disorder.
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
  • Transvestism, practice of wearing the clothes of the opposite sex. The term transvestism came into use following the publication in 1910 of Die Transvestiten (The Transvestites), a work by German physician Magnus Hirschfeld. The term originally was applied to cross-dressing associated with...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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