noun
Clinical or formal term for a person who dresses in clothing typically associated with the opposite gender. In everyday conversation, トランスジェンダー or 女装/男装 are more common depending on context.
彼は服装倒錯者としての自分を受け入れるまでに長い時間がかかった。
It took him a long time to accept himself as a transvestite.
The paper analyzes in detail the psychology of cross-dressers.