retrospective

See also: rétrospective

English

Etymology

From retrospect +‎ -ive. From Latin retrōspectus, perfect passive participle of retrōspiciō (“I look back at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ˈspɛktɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɛktɪv

Adjective

retrospective (comparative more retrospective, superlative most retrospective)

1. Of, relating to, or contemplating the past.
   • 2015, Louise Taylor, Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans spitting row mars Manchester United’s win over Newcastle (in The Guardian, 4 March 2015)[1]

     While the pictures of what precisely unfolded after Cissé looked to tread on Evans are not entirely conclusive, the Football Association will surely pore over them on Thursday before quite possibly using video evidence to impose lengthy retrospective bans stemming from an incident unseen by Anthony Taylor, the referee.

2. Looking backwards.
3. Affecting or influencing past things; retroactive.

Synonyms

• hindsightly

Translations

of, relating to, or contemplating the past

• Arabic: متعلِّق بالماضي ,رَجْعِيّ (rajʕiyy)
• Armenian: հետադարձ (hy) (hetadarj)
• Catalan: retrospectiu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 怀旧的

• French: rétrospectif (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: rückblickend (de), rückschauend
• Italian: retrospettivo (it)
• Portuguese: retrospectivo (pt)
• Romanian: retrospectiv (ro)
• Spanish: retrospectivo

looking backwards

• Armenian: հետադարձ (hy) (hetadarj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 回顾的

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: zurückblickend (de)
• Irish: aisbhreathnaitheach, iardhearcach
• Russian: ретроспектива (ru) (retrospektiva)

affecting or influencing past things; retroactive

• Armenian: հետադարձ (hy) (hetadarj)
• German: rückwirkend (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: cúlghabhálach, siarghabhálach

Noun

retrospective (plural retrospectives)

1. An exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity.

Translations

exhibition of works

• Catalan: retrospectiva (ca) f
• Italian: retrospettiva (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: retrospectiva (es) f

See also

• festschrift – scholarly analog
• memorial
• tribute

Further reading

• “retrospective”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Interlingua

Adjective

retrospective (not comparable)

1. retrospective