Transgression may refer to:
Legal, religious and social
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Sin
In a religious context, sin is a transgression against divine law. Each culture has its own interpretation of what it means to commit a sin. While sins are generally considered actions, any thought, word, or act considered immoral, selfish, s ...
, a violation of God's Ten Commandments or other elements of God's moral law
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Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definit ...
, legal transgression, usually created by a violation of social or economic boundary
**In civil law jurisdictions, a transgression or a
contravention
In many civil law countries (e.g.: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, Brazil) a contravention is a non-criminal offense, similar to an infraction or civil penalty in common law countries.
France
Contravention is, in French law, an ...
is a smaller breach of law, similar to summary offence in common law jurisdictions
*Social transgression, violating a
social norm
Social norms are shared standards of acceptance, acceptable behavior by groups. Social norms can both be informal understandings that govern the behavior of members of a society, as well as be codified into wikt:rule, rules and laws. Social normat ...
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Relational transgression
Relational transgressions occur when people violate implicit or explicit relational rules. These transgressions include a wide variety of behaviors. The boundaries of relational transgressions are permeable. Betrayal for example, is often used ...
– violation of implicit or explicit relational rules
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Haram
''Haram'' (; ar, حَرَام, , ) is an Arabic term meaning 'Forbidden'. This may refer to either something sacred to which access is not allowed to the people who are not in a state of purity or who are not initiated into the sacred knowle ...
, going beyond Islamic religious restrictions
Science and mathematics
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Transgression map In algebraic topology, a transgression map is a way to transfer cohomology classes.
It occurs, for example in the inflation-restriction exact sequence in group cohomology, and in integration in fibers. It also naturally arises in many spectral sequ ...
in cohomology
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Transgression (geology)
A marine transgression is a geologic event during which sea level rises relative to the land and the shoreline moves toward higher ground, which results in flooding. Transgressions can be caused by the land sinking or by the ocean basins filling ...
, a relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
*Transgression (genetics) or
Transgressive segregation
In genetics, transgressive segregation is the formation of extreme phenotypes, or transgressive phenotypes, observed in segregated hybrid populations compared to phenotypes observed in the parental lines. The appearance of these transgressive (extr ...
, a peculiar case of heterosis, showing extreme phenotypes in a hybrid offspring
Literature
*''Transgressions'', a 1997 novel by
Sarah Dunant
Sarah Dunant (born 8 August 1950) is a British novelist, journalist, broadcaster, and critic. She is married with two daughters, and lives in London and Florence.
Early life
Dunant was born in 1950 and raised in London. She is the daughter of Da ...
*''Transgressions'', a novel based in the English Civil War by
Erastes
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Transgressions: Volume Two'', a short story collection by Stephen King and John Farris
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Transgressive fiction
Transgressive fiction is a genre of literature which focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and who break free of those confines in unusual or illicit ways.
Literary context
Because they are rebelling ag ...
, a literary style
Film, television, and music
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''Transgression'' (1931 film), a 1931 American film directed by Herbert Brenon
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''Transgression'' (1974 film), a 1974 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young
*''Transgression'' (2011 film), a 2011 film starring
Michael Ironside
Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950), known as Michael Ironside, is a Canadian actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, and has also portrayed sympathetic characters.
E ...
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Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Maria Grazia Cucinotta (; born 27 July 1968) is an Italian actress who has featured in films and television series since 1990. She has also worked as a film producer, screenwriter and model. Internationally she is best known for her roles in ' ...
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Jonathan Keltz
Jonathan Lippert Keltz (born January 17, 1988) is an American actor known for his role as Jake Steinberg in the HBO series ''Entourage'', and his work in the films ''Prom'' (2011) and '' 21 & Over'' (2013). He starred as Leith Bayard in The CW' ...
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Carlos Bardem
Carlos Encinas Bardem (born 7 March 1963) is a Spanish actor and writer. He is often cast in tough guy roles, if not outright villains.
Biography
Born in Madrid on 7 March 1963, he is the son of actress Pilar Bardem and brother of actors Mó ...
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''Transgression'' (2017 film), a 2017 Bulgarian film directed by Val Todorov
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Cinema of Transgression
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The Cinema of Transgression is a term coined by Nick Zedd in 1985 to describe a New York City-based underground film movement, consisting of a loose-knit group of artists using shock value and black humor in their films. Key players in th ...
, a film movement using shock value and humor
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''Transgression'' (album), 2005 release from industrial metal band Fear Factory
See also
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Transgressive (disambiguation)
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