Meaning | concerned with or related to the past. |
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Example | "retrospective self-justification" |
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Narrower | ex post facto, retroactive, retro | affecting things past |
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See also | backward | directed / directed or facing toward the back / back or rear |
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Opposite | prospective | Of or concerned with or related to the future |
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Spanish | retrospectivo |
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Catalan | retrospectiu |
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Nouns | retrospective | an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work |
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Adverbs | retrospectively | in a manner contemplative of past events |
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Verbs | retrospect | look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events) |
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