Travestissement

Japanese: travestissement
Travestissement

...refers to changing one's appearance (clothing, makeup, hairstyle, etc.) for various purposes.
[The word "disguise"]
The words "transformation" and "henso" have existed in the Japanese vocabulary since ancient times, but this word "disguise" is a new word created in modern times and is thought to have begun to be used as a translation of modern Western words (such as French déguisement and travestissement, and English disguise). The typical usage that became established after that has a fairly strong nuance of referring to a convenient disguise for hiding one's true identity, such as in "a detective's disguise" or "a policeman's disguise."

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "travestissement" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…さまざまな目的のために衣服,化粧,髪形等の〈装い〉を変えることをいう。
[〈変装〉という言葉]
 日本語の語彙には,〈変身〉〈変相〉という言葉は古くからあったが,この〈変装〉という言葉は,近代以降に作られた新しい言葉であり,近代西洋語(フランス語déguisement,travestissement,英語disguiseなど)の翻訳語として用いられ始めたものと考えられる。そして,その後に定着した典型的な用法としては,たとえば〈探偵の変装〉〈警官の変装〉といったように,正体を隠すための便宜的なそれを指すというニュアンスがかなり強い。…

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