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retrospectivity

retrospectivity noun: the effect of being retrospective or retroactive.

Noun

retrospectivity (uncountable)

  1. The effect of being retrospective or retroactive.
    • it must be pointed out that the distinction between retroactivity and retrospectivity, while describing a real difference in the verbal form in which retrospective law is expressed, lacks normative and practical significance.2008, Ben Juratowitch, Retroactivity and the Common Law, page 12

Origin of retrospectivity

From retrospective + -ity.

Questions about retrospectivity

What does retrospectivity mean?
Retrospectivity means the effect of being retrospective or retroactive.
What part of speech is retrospectivity?
Retrospectivity is a noun.

Words near retrospectivity in the dictionary

  1. retrospective memories
  2. retrospective memory
  3. retrospectively
  4. retrospectiveness
  5. retrospectives
  6. retrospectivity
  7. retrospectography
  8. retrospectory
  9. retrospectoscope
  10. retrospectoscopes
  11. retrospectroscope

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