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has gloss	(noun) a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex inversion, sexual inversion
has gloss	eng: Sexual inversion is a term used by sexologists, primarily in the late 19th and early 20th century, to refer to homosexuality. 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. The sexologist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing described female sexual inversion as "the masculine soul, heaving in the female bosom". In its emphasis on gender role reversal, the theory of sexual inversion resembles transgender, which did not yet exist as a separate concept at the time.
lexicalization	eng: inversion
lexicalization	eng: sexual inversion
subclass of	(noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness, gayness

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