Usually means: Influencing the present from past.
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  1. retro-operative: Merriam-Webster
  2. retro-operative, retro-operative: Collins English Dictionary
  3. retro-operative: Wiktionary
  4. retro-operative: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (retro-operative)

▸ adjective:  retrospective in effect.

Similar:
retrooperative, retrocessive, retrograde, retrad, retrocessional, posterograde, reverted, regredient, reversive, recessive, more...

Opposite:
avant-garde, progressive, modern, innovative, forward-thinking

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Similar:
retrooperative, retrocessive, retrograde, retrad, retrocessional, posterograde, reverted, regredient, reversive, recessive, more...

Opposite:
avant-garde, progressive, modern, innovative, forward-thinking



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