transvestism
noun [ U ] formal uk/trænzˈves.tɪ.zəm/ us/trænsˈves.tɪ.zəm/
异装癖
The practice of wearing clothes usually associated with the opposite sex, as a form of self-expression, usually by a heterosexual (= not gay) man who sometimes wears women's clothes, make-up, jewellery, etc.
In addition to biographies of Shakespeare and Dickens, he has written a book on transvestism.
She refuses to discuss his sex-change operation and says his transvestism was his own business. 她拒绝讨论他的变性手术，说他的异装癖是他自己的事。
See: transvestite
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- Transvestism has long been a taboo subject rarely brought up in polite conversation.
- Transsexualism should not be confused with homosexuality or transvestism.
- I'll be looking at the history of transvestism, and interviewing various people for their views.