transgressiveness

Example Sentences

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Lyle: I think people forget that when we meet Shauna, in past and present, she is chasing transgressiveness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

A smug and inaccurate sense of its own transgressiveness.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2021

While the transgressiveness of Mr. Packard’s work is genuine, and recalls old-school subversive cinema, there’s a hermetic quality to it as well.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2018

He has a genius for fame, which usually involves attention-attracting unpredictability and transgressiveness.

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2017

Waters started making art in 1992 and brought to it the black comedy and transgressiveness of his film work.

From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2015