berdachism
English
Noun
berdachism (uncountable)
- (anthropology, now offensive) The state or practice of being (or of there being individuals who are) transgender or third-gender in a Native American society.
- 2000, John W. M. Hallock, The American Byron, page 19:
- English settlers, in turn, solidly repressed berdachism in North America, although a score of nineteenth-century texts reveal a lack of sexual assimilation.
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Usage notes
- See usage notes at berdache.
See also
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