berdachism

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Etymology[edit]

berdache +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

berdachism (uncountable)

  1. (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.

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