transgressive

comparative more transgressive · superlative most transgressive

1. Involving transgression; that passes beyond some acceptable limit; sinful.
2. 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 review

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   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

plural transgressives

1. grammarA kind of verb expressing a concurrently proceeding or following action, often found in Balto-Slavic languages.
2. A person who transgresses or breaks social rules.