transformative

[trans-fawr-muh-tiv]

adjective

1. causing a radical and typically positive change in outlook, character, form, or condition: Voting is a culturally and socially transformative action.

   It's difficult to put into words how transformative and enriching it is to study abroad.

   Voting is a culturally and socially transformative action.

Other Word Forms

• untransformative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of transformative¹

First recorded in 1660–70; from Medieval Latin transformātīvus, equivalent to Latin transformāt-, stem of transformāre, + -īvus -ive ( def. ); transform ( def. )

Example Sentences

She thinks feeling as though you are on a transformative journey of your own helps you stay on track with the tasks necessary to achieve your goals.

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"The key steps in our study -- which result in animals with a hybrid immune system containing cells from both the donor and the recipient -- are already being used in the clinic for other conditions. We believe this approach will be transformative for people with Type 1 diabetes or other autoimmune diseases, as well as for those who need solid organ transplants."

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Mr. Scully says that experiencing Montauk’s expanse of sea, sky and beach was transformative, leading to small, intensely physical paintings on found pieces of wood that depend on collisions of differently proportioned colored stripes—a permutation of ideas he was already beginning to investigate.

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The FA wants the women's game to stand on its own two feet and so offering equal FA Cup prize money is a single, simple, transformative step.

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The internet turned out to be more transformative than skeptics allowed, yet its effects on jobs arrived slower and in more unexpected places than boosters forecast.

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