transgressively

Examples

• All

• In a reversal of the Enlightenment principles of improvement and progress, life and composition are transgressively associated with death and decay.

  Academic text (2017)

• According to Bruce Fink, the masochistic subject behaves transgressively precisely in order to make the law appear, which "makes the partner, as Other, lay down the law."

  Academic text (2016)

• For Kelly, the transgressively eroticized mourning of missing love objects becomes substantial in its own right, weaned from supraphallic explanation (122).

  Fiction book (1992)

• Though the writing acts might be devoted to or imposed by others (the de Selby Index and Molloy's and Moran's commissioned writing tasks, for instance), these unique compositions appear transgressively personal.

  Academic text (2017)

• The artist expressed her feelings transgressively by challenging societal norms in her work.

• He lived transgressively, often ignoring the rules that others felt were essential to follow.

• They approached the topic transgressively, deliberately breaking conventions to spark a new discussion.

Antonyms

L

lawfully

• Formal

38 2.5

In a way that the law allows

C

conformably

• Formal

1 7.4

In a way that agrees with rules or standards

How Rebellious

brazenly

9 6.8

transgressively

1 8.8

disobediently

1 5.1

obediently

9 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology