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transvestophilia

transvestophilia noun: sexual arousal from transvestism.

Noun

transvestophilia (uncountable)

  1. Sexual arousal from transvestism.
    • The state of transvestophilia is either extremely rare or nonexistent in women. Transvestophilia is only secondarily a fetishistic syndrome. Primarily it is one of the gender-transposition syndromes.1986, John Money, Lovemaps, page 66
    • Onset of transvestophilia is retrospectively dated to peripuberty or later, although fascination with female clothing may be dated to an earlier age, frequently age 8 or younger.1999, Robert T. Ammerman, Michel Hersen, Cynthia G. Last, Handbook of Prescriptive Treatments for Children and Adolescents

Questions about transvestophilia

What does transvestophilia mean?
Transvestophilia means sexual arousal from transvestism.
What part of speech is transvestophilia?
Transvestophilia is a noun.

Words near transvestophilia in the dictionary

  1. transvestites
  2. transvestitism
  3. transvestitisms
  4. transvestophile
  5. transvestophiles
  6. transvestophilia
  7. transvests
  8. transvitreal
  9. transvolation
  10. transvolations
  11. transvolcanic

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