Definition of retrospective Retrospective

/ɹɛˌtɹʌspɛˈktɪv/ - [retruspektiv] - ret•ro•spec•tive

We found 9 definitions of retrospective from 4 different sources.

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What does retrospective mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: retrospectives

retrospective - an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work
  art exhibition an exhibition of art objects (paintings or statues)

Adjective

retrospective - concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification"
  prospective of or concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation"
  backward directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • retrospective (a.)
    Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view.
  • retrospective (a.)
    Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law.

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