transformative en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [-ɾɪv] (General-American)
- (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio
- /tɹæns-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /trɑːnsˈfɔːmətɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /tɹænsˈfɔɹmətɪv/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin transformātīvus (“transformative”), from Latin trānsfōrmātus (“transformed”) + -īvus (suffix attached to the perfect passive participial stems of verbs, forming deverbal adjectives meaning ‘doing or related to doing [the verb]’). Trānsfōrmātus is the perfect passive participle of trānsfōrmō (“to transform”), from trāns- (prefix meaning ‘across; beyond; through’) + fōrmō (“to fashion, form, format, shape”) (from fōrma (“appearance, figure, form, shape”); further etymology unknown, perhaps related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “a form, shape”)). The English word is analysable as transform + -ative.
Meanings
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That causes a transformation; causing a notable and lasting change
"You'll know the transformative effect that the Metro has had on the whole of Tyneside," says NCC [Northumberland County Council] leader Peter Jackson. "This new passenger line will have the same effect on southeast Northumberland. It's a transformative project and we're going to make sure it happens."
2019 November 6, Graeme Pickering, “New targets for Northumberland”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 46:“It is hard. And there is a level of viciousness that I was not expecting. I was not expecting the intensity of this experience, but this isn’t supposed to be easy. My father and this administration intends to be transformative, and we want to do big, bold things and we’re looking to change the status quo. So I didn’t expect it to be easy. I think some of the distractions and some of the ferocity was — I was a little blindsided by on a personal level,” she said.
2017 June 12, Betsy Klein, quoting Ivanka Trump, “Ivanka Trump: ‘There is a level of viciousness that I was not expecting’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2017:
- Chiefly in transformative-generative: of or relating to a theory of generative grammar in which defined operations called transformations produce new sentences from existing ones; transformational.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most transformative | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more transformative | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
transformativity · transformative justice · transformative research · transformatively · biotransformative · transformative planning · transformative economics · nontransformative · transformative action · transformative learning
Relateds
transform · transformer · transforming · transformable · transformant · transformism · transformed · transformational · transformist · transformation · transformerless · transformatory · transformator · transformance
Synonyms
transmutative · transformatory
Translations (13)
it trasformativo (that causes transformation) · et transformeeriv (that causes transformation) · es transformativo (that causes transformation) · pl transformacyjny (that causes transformation) · fi käänteentekevä (that causes transformation) · de transformativ (that causes transformation) · ca transformatiu (that causes transformation) · la trānsfōrmātīvus (that causes transformation) · enm vertuous (that causes transformation) · mk трансформативен (that causes transformation) · ru преврати́тельный (of or relating to a theory of generative grammar in which defined operations called transformations produce new sentences from existing ones — see also transformational) · el μεταμορφωτικός (that causes transformation) · fr transformateur (that causes transformation)