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[ re-troh-ak-tiv ] / ˌrɛ troʊˈæk tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR retroactive ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveoperative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law. pertaining to a pay raise effective as of a past date. Origin of retroactiveFirst recorded in 1605–15; retro- + active OTHER WORDS FROM retroactiveret·ro·ac·tive·ly, adverbret·ro·ac·tiv·i·ty, nounnon·ret·ro·ac·tive, adjectivenon·ret·ro·ac·tiv·i·ty, noun un·ret·ro·ac·tive, adjective Words nearby retroactiveretrieve, retriever, retro, retroact, retroaction, retroactive, retroactive inhibition, retroactively, retrobulbar, retrobulbar anesthesia, retrobulbar neuritis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for retroactiveFor a pair such as Viola and Perov, who have co-created work for decades, there is also precedent for retroactive co-authorship. Why the Art World Ignores Wives|Jessica Dawson|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Lavalle and his three pals allegedly pocketed a cut of the retroactive lump sum ofas much as $100,000 that each claimant received. The 9/11 Scam: New York’s Disability Disgrace|Michael Daly|January 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST What this may do is reduce the retroactive awards that folks get when they finally manage to get their disability claim approved. Obama's Budget: Has He Gone Too Far, or Not Far Enough?|Megan McArdle|April 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST The corroboration that apparently led him to put faith in Ben-Menashe's testimony was retroactive. Reagan's "October Surprise" is Still Getting Debunked|Noah Kristula-Green|April 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Despite his red-hot debate showings—and a retroactive win in Iowa—Senator Sweatervest was basically a nonfactor in Florida. Florida Primary: Rick Santorum’s Daughter’s Illness|Michelle Cottle|February 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST On the other hand, the retroactive effects of true charity are most beneficial. The Moral Instruction of Children|Felix Adler This heroine is very nobly and vividly imaged, and we feel the poet to be full of a retroactive as well as a present patriotism. Views and Reviews|Henry James A retroactive act of that State had declared them slaves again, and they had fled to Philadelphia where they were arrested. Fugitive Slaves|Marion Gleason McDougall But a person who cannot take this oath, retroactive though it be, must have been a traitor. Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume X (of 20)|Charles Sumner That order could have no retroactive effect, to make his orders to have been valid in the past. The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War|Annie Heloise Abel
British Dictionary definitions for retroactive
adjectiveapplying or referring to the pastretroactive legislation effective or operative from a date or for a period in the past Derived forms of retroactiveretroactively, adverbretroactiveness or retroactivity, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to retroactiveremembering, attendant, posterior, postmortem, retrospective, subsequent, sequent, post factum, succeeding, backward, reviewing |