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retroactivities

retroactivities is the plural of retroactivity.

Meaning of retroactivity

Noun

retroactivity (usually uncountable, plural retroactivities)

  1. (usually) The state or characteristic of being retroactive.
  2. (usually) The application of a law to events that took place before it was made.
    • Should the legislation pass with the retroactivity provision, the firm's percentage would apply to the amount already due the states; if not, it would apply to the amount they collect over the next 12 years.1994 May 6, Todd Purdum, “New Yorkers in Congress at War With a Lawyer”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2023

Questions about retroactivities

What is retroactivities the plural of?
Retroactivities is the plural of retroactivity.

Words near retroactivities in the dictionary

  1. retroactive
  2. retroactive rape
  3. retroactive rapes
  4. retroactively
  5. retroactiveness
  6. retroactivities
  7. retroactivity
  8. retroacts
  9. retroaddition
  10. retroadditions
  11. retroaldolization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retroactivities (page history and authors); retroactivity (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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