eonism: the term used by Havelock Ellis for the male cross-dressing syndromes now known as transvestophilia and transexualism [from Chevalier d'Eon, 1728-1810, French diplomatic and transvestic imposter at the court of Catherine the Great, in 1755; subsequently exiled to England].

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