Definition of retrospection
:the act or process or an instance of surveying the past
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Examples of retrospection in a Sentence
This is a time of retrospection for many people.
the president is confident that future retrospections will cast his actions in a more favorable light
Recent Examples of retrospection from the Web
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With the benefit of retrospection, Lundgren recalled experiencing a considerable range of emotions on his way back to being 100 percent.
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Yet even his approach to retrospection feels groundbreaking.
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That cinematic poem, set in Liverpool during the years after World War II, celebrates the life-sustaining power of retrospection as a bulwark against despair in a grimy industrial environment.
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First Known Use of retrospection
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retrospection Synonyms
Synonyms
reappraisal, reconsideration, reexamination, retrospect, reviewRelated Words
recap, recapitulation, rehashNear Antonyms
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Definition of retrospection for English Language Learners
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: the act of thinking about the past or something that happened in the past
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