SEXUAL INVERSION Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the phrase sexual inversion. (close relations)
Definition of SEXUAL INVERSION
invert
Best Alternative Words for SEXUAL INVERSION
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noun • the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer • abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth) • a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa • (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed • the reversal of the normal order of words • (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa • a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex • turning upside down; setting on end • the act of turning inside out |