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View synonyms for retroaction

retroaction

[ re-troh-ak-shuhn ]

noun

  1. action that is opposed or contrary to the preceding action.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of retroaction1

First recorded in 1560–70; retro- + action

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Example Sentences

Hitherto it had seemed to me clearly proven that admiring contemplation entailed this retroaction.

It is to these people, and by retroaction, to yourselves, that you do harm when you govern unjustly.

In inspiration there is retroaction, and, in some sort, distrust.

This is in fact retroaction; in the first case we love the soul, in the latter the form.

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