English adjective: proactive | |||
| 1. | proactive descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently | ||
| Samples | Proactive inhibition. Proactive interference. | ||
| Domain category | psychological science, psychology | ||
| Antonyms | retroactive | ||
| 2. | proactive (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens | ||
| Similar | active | ||
| Antonyms | passive, inactive | ||