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Yes. The word eonism is a Scrabble US word. The word eonism is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word eonism is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

EONISM,MONIES,

5-letter words (10 found)

EOSIN,MEINS,MESON,MIENS,MINES,MINOS,MONIE,NOISE,NOMES,OMENS,

4-letter words (27 found)

EMOS,EONS,IONS,MEIN,MENO,MIEN,MINE,MINO,MISE,MISO,MOES,MONS,MOSE,NIES,NIMS,NOES,NOME,NOMS,NOSE,OMEN,ONES,ONIE,SEMI,SIEN,SINE,SOME,SONE,

3-letter words (33 found)

EMO,EMS,ENS,EON,INS,ION,IOS,ISM,ISO,MEN,MES,MIS,MOE,MOI,MON,MOS,NIE,NIM,NIS,NOM,NOS,OES,OIS,OMS,ONE,ONS,OSE,SEI,SEN,SIM,SIN,SOM,SON,

2-letter words (18 found)

EM,EN,ES,IN,IO,IS,ME,MI,MO,NE,NO,OE,OI,OM,ON,OS,SI,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 91 words from eonism according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of eonism

eonism

Etymology

Coined 1920 by British physician and sexologist Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) after Chevalier d'Eon (1728–1810), a French diplomat, spy and soldier who presented as male for 49 years, then as female for 33. Ellis had previously used the term sexo-aesthetic inversion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.əˌnɪzəm/

Noun

eonism (uncountable)

  1. (sexology) The pretence of being the opposite sex, especially that by a man of being a woman; transvestism.
    • 2013, C. N. Armstrong, 12: Transvestism, D. Robertson Smith, William M. Davidson (editors), Symposium on Nuclear Sex, Elsevier (Butterworth-Heinemann), page 88,
      Homosexuals do not as a rule want to change their sex and identity. This is the fundamental anomaly in eonism.

Derived terms

  • eonist

Translations

See also

  • non-binary
  • transgender

Further reading

  • Havelock Ellis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Sexology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Emison, Neoism, Siemon, Simeon, Simone, mesion, moesin, monies, semion

Source: wiktionary.org