"retroactivity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: retroactivities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} retroactivity (usually uncountable, plural retroactivities)
  1. The state or characteristic of being retroactive. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the state or characteristic of being retroactive): aisghníomhaíocht [feminine] (Irish), retroaktivitet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-retroactivity-en-noun-SkFd~An- Disambiguation of 'the state or characteristic of being retroactive': 98 2
  2. (law) The application of a law to events that took place before it was made. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Law Translations (law: the application of a law to events that took place before it was made): retroaktivita [feminine] (Czech), cúlghabhálacht [feminine] (Irish), retroaktivitet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-retroactivity-en-noun-dsfsbfa0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'law: the application of a law to events that took place before it was made': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: retroactiveness

Inflected forms

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