transformative
causing a radical and typically positive change in outlook, character, form, or condition:It's difficult to put into words how transformative and enriching it is to study abroad.Voting is a culturally and socially transformative action.
Origin of transformative
1Other words from transformative
- un·trans·form·a·tive, adjective
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How to use transformative in a sentence
Right now, hydrogen is high-carbon, and expensive—not exactly a promising state for a transformative, low-carbon fuel.
The hydrogen economy: Hyped for years, the most abundant element in the universe is finally having its moment | kdunn6 | November 19, 2020 | FortuneAcquired in a surprise March trade after the San Francisco 49ers decided they couldn’t meet the young Pro Bowler’s asking price on an extension, Buckner has had a transformative impact on the Colts’ defense.
The Indianapolis Colts Finally Built A Defensive Monster | Ty Schalter | November 19, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightI continue to think big and look for transformative opportunities in business and in life.
From mentorship to friendship to love: What I learned from three investing giants | matthewheimer | November 10, 2020 | FortuneWe seek to accelerate projects that offer not only solutions but plans for rapid implementation—projects that are transformative, broad in scope, and large in ambition.
The coinciding pieces of legislation would prove transformative.
Philip Lee, physician and LBJ official who rolled out Medicare, dies at 96 | Emily Langer | November 6, 2020 | Washington Post
At a rally in Pittsburgh a week before the election, Johnson laid out an ambitious, transformative vision for the United States.
How LBJ and Reagan Wrecked Our Faith in Government | Scott Porch | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIs that level of belief, is that amount of love transformative?
Paul Haggis on Scientology, the ‘Crash’ Oscar, and ‘Third Person’ | Kevin Fallon | June 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer ballerinas are not aiming to enter show business, but rather to offer their community the transformative gift of dance.
Challenging Religious Tradition for the Love of God — and the Love of Dance | Moral Courage | June 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCrossFit is in some ways more transformative for women than men.
Truly transformative experiences don't come for free, after all.
The Latest Proof That Performance Art Is Bullshit: A Woman Who Births Paint-Filled Eggs From Her Vagina | Lizzie Crocker | April 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLet us consider such a mental transformative process in detail.
Popular scientific lectures | Ernst MachSurely at least the unclear conception of an adaptively transformative influence of food must be discarded.
On Germinal Selection as a Source of Definite Variation | August WeismannShelley has, however, an advantage over Nietzsche in his recognition of the transformative power of love.
Visions and Revisions | John Cowper Powys
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