Associations to the word «Retrospective»

Wiktionary

RETROSPECTIVE, adjective. Of, relating to, or contemplating the past
RETROSPECTIVE, adjective. Looking backwards
RETROSPECTIVE, adjective. Affecting or influencing past things; retroactive
RETROSPECTIVE, noun. An exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity
RETROSPECTIVE DETERMINISM, noun. (logic) A fallacy consisting in reasoning that because something happened, it was therefore bound to happen.
RETROSPECTIVE MEMORY, noun. The remembering of information from the past.

Dictionary definition

RETROSPECTIVE, noun. An exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work.
RETROSPECTIVE, adjective. Concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification".

Wise words

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