proactive has definitions from the field of psychology
1
[ adjective ] (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

Related terms

active

2
[ adjective ] (psychology) descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently

Examples

"proactive inhibition" "proactive interference"

Related terms

retroactive psychology

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