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transgressive

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trans·gres·sive  (trns-grsv, trnz-)
adj.
1. Exceeding a limit or boundary, especially of social acceptability.
2. Of or relating to a genre of fiction, filmmaking, or art characterized by graphic depictions of behavior that violates socially acceptable norms, often involving violence, drug use, and sexual deviancy.
3. Of or relating to geological transgression.

trans·gressive·ly adv.

transgressive [ˌtrænzˈgrɛsɪv]
adj
going beyond accept boundaries of taste, convention, or the law transgressive art transgressive pursuits
Translations
transgressive [trænzˈgrɛsɪv] adj (formal) [behaviour, act] → transgressif/ive


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