transvestism

English

Etymology

transvest(ite) +‎ -ism

Noun

transvestism (usually uncountable, plural transvestisms)

1. The condition of being a transvestite.
   • 1965, John F. Oliven, “Sexual Deviations”, in Sexual Hygiene and Pathology: A Manual for the Physician and the Professions‎^[1], 2nd edition, →OCLC, page 514‎^[2]:

     Transexualism. Where the compulsive urge reaches beyond female vestments, and becomes an urge for gender ("sex") change, transvestism becomes "transexualism." The term is misleading; actually, "transgenderism" is meant, because sexuality is not a major factor in primary transvestism. Psychologically, the transexual often differs from the simple cross-dresser; he is conscious at all times of a strong desire to be a woman, and the urge can be truly consuming.

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.
3. (zoology, dated) sexual mimicry

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 (zh) (yìzhuāngpǐ)

• Czech: transvestitismus m
• Finnish: transvestismi, transvestisuus
• French: travestissement (fr)
• Galician: travestismo m
• Georgian: ტრანსვესტიზმი (ṭransvesṭizmi)
• German: Transvestitismus m
• Greek: παρενδυσία (el) f (parendysía)
• Korean: 트랜스베스티즘 (teuraenseubeseutijeum)
• Malay: nyahpakaian
• Polish: transwestytyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: travestismo m
• Romanian: travestism n, transvestism n
• Russian: трансвести́зм (ru) m (transvestízm)
• Spanish: travestismo (es)
• Thai: โรคชอบแต่งกายลักเพศ
• Turkish: travestilik
• Ukrainian: трансвести́зм m (transvestýzm)
• Uzbek: transvestitlik

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