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berdachism en · NOUN

Etymology

From berdache + -ism.

Meanings

1. (offensive, uncountable) The state or practice of being transgender or third gender in a Native American society.
   • English settlers, in turn, solidly repressed berdachism in North America, although a score of nineteenth-century texts reveal a lack of sexual assimilation. 2000, John W. M. Hallock, The American Byron, page 19:

Relateds

two-spirit