transformative
C1CEFR level
58/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Describing a use that adds new meaning or expression to a work, favouring a fair-use defence.
The collage was held transformative because it recontextualised the photographs into fresh social commentary.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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