berdachism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
berdachism (uncountable)
- (anthropology, now offensive) The state or practice of being 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.
Usage notes[edit]
- See usage notes at berdache.