transgressive

transgressive
trans·gres·sive (trăns-grĕsʹĭv, trănz-) adj.
1. Exceeding a limit or boundary, especially of social acceptability.
2. Of or relating to a genre of fiction, filmmaking, or art characterized by graphic depictions of behavior that violates socially acceptable norms, often involving violence, drug use, and sexual deviancy.
3. Of or relating to geological transgression.
  trans·gresʹsive·ly adv.

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