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/ˌɹɛt.ɹəʊˈæk.tɪv/
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/ˌɹɛ.tɹoʊˈæk.tɪv/
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ˌɹɛt.ɹəʊˈæk.tɪv
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ˌɹɛ.tɹoʊˈæk.tɪv
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Adjective
Extending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions
Usage- not-comparable
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Lenin's retroactive view of history was of course nothing in comparison to the systematic falsification of Stalin's day, when it had to be shown at all costs that the current assessment of individuals and political movements was equally valid for all past years.
Rather, he hoped there was some legal trickeration he could deploy to get a retroactive water right filed and end-run the opposition.
Can such a child be ennobled by the passage of time, his struggles granted retroactive gravitas and his childish confusions rearticulated with adult clarity?
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Such assumptions can motivate expressions of cisgenderism such as retroactive misgendering (in which a person's past is described using language that disregards or contrasts with their current designation of their gender) […]
Adjective
descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously
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affecting things past
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retroactive tax increase
an ex-post-facto law
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retro pay