| Pronunciation: | | `retru'spektiv
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- [n] an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work
- [adj] concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification"
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RETROSPECTIVE is a 13 letter word that starts with R. |
| | Synonyms: | | ex post facto, retro, retroactive |
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| | Antonyms: | | prospective |
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| | See Also: | | art exhibition, backward |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Re`tro*spec"tive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]trospectif.]
1. Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to
prospective; as, a retrospective view.
The sage, with retrospective eye. --Pope.
2. Having reference to what is past; affecting things past;
retroactive; as, a retrospective law.
Inflicting death by a retrospective enactment.
--Macaulay.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Looking back at events that have already taken place. |
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