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= Solution

A <transitive set> $X$ is one for which every member is a subset: $\forall y\in X\,(y\subseteq X)$, equivalently $\bigcup X\subseteq X$. If $x\in y\in X$, the subset condition puts $x\in X$. Conversely, if this membership implication always holds, every element of each $y\in X$ belongs to $X$, so $y\subseteq X$. Thus
$$
\boxed{X\text{ is transitive}\iff\forall x\forall y\,(x\in y\in X\to x\in X).}
$$

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