Usually means: Challenging accepted norms and boundaries.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. transgressive: Merriam-Webster
  2. transgressive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. transgressive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. transgressive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Transgressive, transgressive: Wordnik
  6. transgressive: Wiktionary
  7. transgressive: Dictionary.com
  8. Transgressive (linguistics), Transgressive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Transgressive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. transgressive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Transgressive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. transgressive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. transgressive: FreeDictionary.org
  14. transgressive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transgressive: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transgressive: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See transgress as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (transgressive)

adjective:  Involving transgression; that passes beyond some acceptable limit; sinful.
adjective:  Going beyond generally accepted boundaries; violating usual practice, subversive.
noun:  A form of verb in some languages.
noun:  A person who transgresses or breaks social rules.

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