See transvestism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "transvestýzm",
"sense": "condition of being a transvestite",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трансвести́зм"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "condition of being a transvestite",
"word": "transvestitlik"
}
],
"word": "transvestism"
}
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