transgressive
Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈɡɹɛsɪv/
The English word “transgressive” has 4 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Involving transgression; that passes beyond some acceptable limit; sinful.
- Going beyond generally accepted boundaries; violating usual practice, subversive.
noun
- A kind of verb expressing a concurrently proceeding or following action, often found in Balto-Slavic languages.
- A person who transgresses or breaks social rules.
Etymology
From transgress + -ive.
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More English words
- transgressible
- transgressingly
- transgression
- transgressional
- transgressively
- transgressiveness
- transgressivism
- transgressivity
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