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transvestic fetishism

in DSM–IV–TR, a paraphilia characterized by the wearing of female clothes by a heterosexual male for the purpose of achieving sexual excitement and arousal. The term in DSM–5 is transvestic disorder, signifying that the paraphilia is only pathological if it causes distress or significant functional impairment. Whether disordered or not, it is distinct from transvestism, the nonsexualized cross-dressing by men or women of any sexual preference.

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December 22nd 2024

family

family

n.

1. a kinship unit consisting of a group of individuals united by blood or by marital, adoptive, or other intimate ties. Although the family is the fundamental social unit of most human societies, its form and structure vary widely. See biological family; extended family; nuclear family; permeable family; stepfamily.

2. in biological taxonomy, a main subdivision of an order, consisting of a group of similar, related genera (see genus).

3. a collection of mathematically or statistically related entities. For example, a set of statistical tests conducted when there are more than two groups for an independent variable within an analysis of variance constitutes a family of tests. See also family-wise alpha level; family-wise error rate. —familial adj.