inversionist

noun — 2 senses

inversionist

noun

Etymology From inversion + -ist.

1

One who inverts something.

  • But first let us note that the theme of inversion, which is central in Runeberg's poem, is a typical Romantic feature. The Romantics were great inversionists. They inverted any number of dualistic antithetical opposites […]1998, Ralf Norrman, Wholeness Restored, page 91:
2

Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences Obsolete A proponent of the sexual inversion theory of homosexuality.

  • As Freud elaborates his idea of an Oedipus complex and adapts to it his experiences of homosexuality, the congenital claims of Havelock Ellis and the inversionists are largely replaced by a developmental model.2004, Alan Sinfield, On Sexuality and Power, page 12:

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