Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retroactiveness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: retroac-tive-ness
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or condition of being retroactive.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Then, too, it was divorced from the disagreeable features of retroactiveness and partisanship which had inspired the particularly bitter condemnation of the Salary Acts of 1816 and 1873."
"The author reviews the history of the Wholesale Price Index, the Consumer Price Index, and Parity Index, pointing out the wide variation that in the past has characterized frequency of revision (intervals of revision), retroactiveness of revisions . . . ."
"However, it can be shown that a model with this retroactive feature will generate qualitatively identical results with respect to the dynamic pricing behavior as a model without retroactiveness."

Etymology

From retroactive + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: retroactive

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

retroactivity

Questions

What does retroactiveness mean?: The state or condition of being retroactive.
Where does retroactiveness come from?: From retroactive + -ness.

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