transgression
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Take a look at what happens when you put a still of Bakalova from the 2018 movie Transgression up against a still of Borat’s daughter.
From Slate • Oct. 1, 2020
Transgression has always been part of the point.
From Economist • Feb. 9, 2017
While many try to give high-minded explanations for button-pushing jokes, anyone who sees enough stand-up knows the truth: Transgression gets laughs.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2015
Transgression is not an element, just a way of seeing.
From The Guardian • May 12, 2013
To talk as some do, of our existing in Adam at the Time of his Transgression, is very absurd, when, as intelligent and free Creatures, it is evident, we did not exist at all.
From Free and Impartial Thoughts, on the Sovereignty of God, The Doctrines of Election, Reprobation, and Original Sin: Humbly Addressed To all who Believe and Profess those Doctrines. by Finch, Richard
Vocabulary lists containing transgression
The Giver
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Power Prefix: trans-
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