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trans·gres·sive

(trăns-grĕs′ĭv, trănz-)

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 violate socially acceptable norms, often involving violence, drug use, and sexual deviancy.

3. Of or relating to geological transgression.

trans·gres′sive·ly adv.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

transgressive

(ˌtrænzˈɡrɛsɪv)

adj

going beyond acceptable boundaries of taste, convention, or the law: transgressive art; transgressive pursuits.

transˈgressively adv

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Translations

transgressif

transgressive

[trænzˈgrɛsɪv] adj (formal) [behaviour, act] → transgressif/ive

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