transgressive

Speech parts

1. transgressive - Noun

2. transgressive - Adjective

Meaning

Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable. -

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Examples

Pornography, it seems to me, is no different from war films or propaganda films in that it tries to make the visceral, horrific, or transgressive elements of life consumable. Propaganda is far more pornographic than a home video of two people fucking. Michael Haneke

We don't have real hours and we don't have a boss, so artists create rules for themselves that they then break. It's transgressive in such a personal way. Laurie Simmons

All three saw Tantra as "the most transgressive and violent path to the sacred". Source: Internet

Caught between the transgressive elements of her cult film and the mainstream appeal of soft-core pornography, she was unable to work in anything but exploitation films and Emmanuelle sequels. Source: Internet

Church has also criticized gendered descriptions of transgressive content that celebrate masculinity. Source: Internet

Joanne Hollows further identifies a gendered component to the celebration of transgressive themes in cult films, where male terms are used to describe films outside the mainstream while female terms are used to describe mainstream, conformist cinema. Source: Internet

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