Retroactively

/ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈæktɪvli/

Synonyms for "retroactively" (10 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Strong matches (3)

backwardgone by
Adverb(1 words)
ex post facto

Related words (5)

Adverb(3 words)
in retrospectpost hocretrospectively
Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

1 entries
adverb of time

More specific

2 entries
ex post factopost hoc

Collocations

6 entries
apply retroactivelyretroactively amendedretroactively applyretroactively approvedretroactively datedretroactively updated

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Lapulapu is regarded, retroactively, as the first Filipino hero.

Source: tatoeba (13185455)

The new legislature passed a resolution retroactively legalizing the actions of the revolutionaries that brought them to power.

Source: wiktionary

Although it has been already hinted at the link between the human ability to exchange roles and the citizens' right to retroactively adjust unfitting remarks or gestures to the situation, the same connection could perhaps be better[…]

Source: wiktionary

Over the weekend, the Trump administration ignored a federal judge’s order not to deport a group of Venezuelan men, then later tried to retroactively justify its actions with arguments so distant from settled law and ordinary practice that legal experts have said they border on frivolous.

Source: wiktionary

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