transformative

American  

[trans-fawr-muh-tiv] / trænsˈfɔr mə tɪv /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• untransformative adjective

Etymology

Origin of transformative

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

Example Sentences

The tour was transformative for DeCarlo and his family.

From The Wall Street Journal

In “Who Needs Friends,” his third soul-baring travel memoir, McCarthy embarks on a 10,000-mile, six-weeks-long Odyssean quest, crisscrossing the continental United States to repair and restore Platonic male relationships left to wither, not by intention or design, but by virtue of the unavoidable ways in which work, family and geography — and, yes, the internet — rupture the meaningful connections we deem most precious and transformative in our lives.

From Los Angeles Times

Is AI more transformative than the internet?

From The Wall Street Journal

The visit proved transformative because it solved specific technical problems that Apple engineers had encountered while developing the Lisa and Macintosh, as evidenced by Bill Atkinson’s intense focus during the demonstrations and the team’s astonishment at how Smalltalk’s object-oriented programming allowed instantaneous modifications to graphical behavior.

From Los Angeles Times

That center, he said, has been transformative in how the state assesses and forecasts fire risk, which has improved resource pre-positioning and agency coordination.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• life-changing
• transformational