transvestitism
(trɑːnsˈvɛstɪtɪz(ə)m, træns-, -nz-)
[ad. G. transvestitismus, f. transvestit: see prec., -ism.]
= transvestism.
| [1913 M. Hirschfeld in Neurol. Zentralblatt XXXII. 946 (heading) Ein Fall von Transvestitismus bei musikalischem Genie.] 1934 in Webster. 1949 [see Mohave]. 1976 Jrnl. Amer. Psychoanal. Assoc. XXIV. iii. 545 The analysis of a patient with the presenting symptom of transvestitism revealed a prominent set of fantasies of being ‘initiated’ and taught by a seductive and glamorous woman..in the art of dressing and make-up. 1983 Financial Times 4 Oct. 13 If there is a true sub-text to this farcical evening, devoted to voluntary or involuntary transvestitism, it is the satirical reference to psychiatrists' belief that simple things are all the consequence of serious, probably sexual, stimuli. |
So transveˈstitic a. = transvestite a.; transˈvestitist rare = transvestite n.
| 1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza xviii. 233 Beppo giggled. ‘Yes, those transvestitists!’ he had to admit rapturously. 1977 Gay News 24 Mar. 13/1 Thus heterosexual, homosexual..transvestitic, and dozens of other special relationships hold the potential of working well. 1980 Jrnl. Sex & Marital Therapy Summer 124 Individuals rarely seek treatment for..transvestitic problems. |