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Definition of 'retrospective'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) retrospective
directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.

2.  retrospective
looking or directed backward.

3.  retrospective
retroactive, as a statute.

4. (n.) retrospective
an exhibit showing an entire phase or representative examples of an artist's lifework.

5.  retrospective
an exhibit or series of performances representing the lifework of a composer, performer, etc.

Etymology: (1655–65)

Definition of 'retrospective'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) retrospective
an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work

2. (adj) retrospective
concerned with or related to the past
"retrospective self-justification"

Definition of 'retrospective'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) retrospective
looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view

2. (adj) retrospective
having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law

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