Sexual Inversion (dictionary)

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n

¹ A theory of homosexuality popular primarily in the late 19th and early 20th century. Sexual inversion was believed to be an inborn reversal of gender traits: male inverts were, to a greater or lesser degree, inclined to traditionally female pursuits and dress and vice versa.

² a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex.