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transgressive
/tɹænzˈɡɹɛsɪv//tɹɑːnzˈɡɹɛsɪv/
adjective
What it means
- Involving transgression; that passes beyond some acceptable limit; sinful.
- Going beyond generally accepted boundaries; violating usual practice, subversive.
'P.S.' is the second movie in two weeks to use reincarnation as the excuse for transgressive sex.
2004, Roger Ebert, P.S. movie review1 more example
Instead England produced something that felt a little transgressive in this most controlled of stages, tightening their grip in a bruising first half, before freewheeling downhill in the second with their feet up on the handlebars.
2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian
In a sentence
'P.S.' is the second movie in two weeks to use reincarnation as the excuse for transgressive sex.
2004, Roger Ebert, P.S. movie review
Where it comes from
From transgress + -ive.
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