cross-dressing

noun

1. the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex

Other Word Forms

• cross-dresser noun

Example Sentences

Back in 1975, nothing could have been further from the Disney brand than a rock ’n’ roll musical about a cross-dressing scientist.

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This production — full of Kosky’s trademark cross-dressing and buoyant, all-inclusive sexual emancipation — is an intoxicating road map for fulfillment.

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One of the most distinct elements of traditional Molly dancing is the use of cross-dressing, according to the English Folk Dance and Song Society.

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But in “English Teacher,” it’s a student LGBTQ+ group that complains, arguing that the jocks are cross-dressing as a joke and undermining students who are actually trans or nonbinary.

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They also argue they should be able to penalize teaching assistants for "cross-dressing," by which they appear to mean allowing trans women to wear skirts.

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