服ふく装そう倒とう錯さく

noun

transvestism; cross-dressing

A formal or clinical term for wearing clothes typically associated with the opposite gender. In everyday conversation, 女装 (じょそう) or 男装 (だんそう) are more common.

• 服ふく装そう倒とう錯さくは、精せい神しん医い学がくの分ぶん野やで議ぎ論ろんされることがある。

  Transvestism is sometimes discussed in the field of psychiatry.

• 彼かれは服ふく装そう倒とう錯さくの傾けい向こうがあり、時とき々どき女じょ性せいの服ふくを着きる。

  He has a tendency toward cross-dressing and sometimes wears women's clothes.