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Meanings of eonism in English

A condition in which a person identifies himself or herself with the opposite sex, in particular in dress.

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        Examples for "transvestism"
        Examples for "transvestism"
        1
        He lived under this forced transvestism until he was 21.
        The new yorker
        2
        She polluted the holy places with her transvestism.
        The good son: a novel
        3
        Others hit back, with Nick Cohen suggesting the Telegraph review misrepresented a novel in which "transvestism barely features".
        The Guardian
        4
        Sadly, the film does not show Caroline Matilda's famous penchant for transvestism, which outraged Copenhagen even more than her extramarital affair.
        The Guardian