English dictionary

retrospective

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

concerned with or related to the past

adj.all

Examples
Retrospective self-justification.

Antonyms prospective

Source: WordNet 3.0
Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to <i>prospective</i>; as, a <i>retrospective</i> view.

adjective

Source: webster1913

an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work

noun.group

Source: WordNet 3.0