transgressive
UK/træns'ɡrɛsɪv/US
C2
Definitions
adj.
Going beyond accepted moral or social limits.
越界的；突破常规的。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedtransgress + -ive (tending to) = tending to cross boundaries. Common in art and literary criticism ('transgressive fiction' that breaks taboos).
Root gress still carries 64 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.transgressive art越界艺术
- 2.transgressive behavior越轨行为
- 3.[transgressive fiction]反叛文学
- 4.transgressive act突破常规之举
Example Sentences
- 1.
Her transgressive art deliberately offends conventional taste.