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transgressive

Word definitions for transgressive in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Transgressive may mean: Transgressive art , a name given art forms that violate perceived boundaries Transgressive fiction , a modern style in literature Transgressive Records , a United Kingdom-based independent record label Transgressive (morphology) ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a form of verb in some languages

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Transgressive \Trans*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. L. transgressivus passing over into another class. F. transgressif.] Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, "inclined to transgress," from transgress + -ive . Related: Transgressively .

Usage examples of transgressive.

Such rules may on occasion restrain, through voluntary recognition, transgressive, limit-breaking acts.

Sid Vicious has lost whatever transgressive allure it may once have had.

And think of the line of transgressive female rockers extending from Patti Smith or the Slits to the current explosion of womanist rappers, riot grrls, and sexually assertive singer/songwriters.