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

“You’re not going to get to the point of being able to have warehouses in space or big footprints or moon bases in space without having some very transformative, revolutionary technology,” Max Space’s Miyan told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch

McCormick CEO Brendan Foley said the “transformative” combination with Unilever Foods reinforces its focus on flavor.

From MarketWatch

While the Association of Lawyers for Children welcomed the rollout, it warned the model would not "achieve genuinely transformative change" unless it was accompanied by "wider reform and adequate funding of the chronically under resourced legal aid scheme, and proper funding of Cafcass and the family courts".

From BBC

What they might do, though, is remind him why he became so widely adored — valuable self-knowledge for an artist whose great subject has always been the transformative power of love.

From Los Angeles Times

The tour was transformative for DeCarlo and his family.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• life-changing
• transformational