'Retrospective' definitions:
Definition of 'retrospective'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification" [ant: prospective]
noun
An exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work
Definition of 'Retrospective'
From: GCIDE
- Retrospective \Re`tro*spec"tive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]trospectif.]
- 1. Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view. [1913 Webster]
- The sage, with retrospective eye. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law. [1913 Webster]
- Inflicting death by a retrospective enactment. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'retrospective'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a priori,
- back,
- backward,
- demonstration,
- display,
- early,
- enactment,
- evocative,
- ex post facto,
- exhibit,
- exhibition,
- exposition,
- exposure,
- in retrospect,
- into the past,
- memoried,
- mindful,
- mnemonic,
- opening,
- ostentation,
- performance,
- presentation,
- presentment,
- production,
- projection,
- recollected,
- redolent,
- reexperienced,
- relived,
- remembered,
- remindful,
- reminiscent,
- representation,
- restored,
- retentive,
- retroactive,
- revived,
- show,
- showing,
- suggestive,
- unfolding,
- unfoldment,
- unveiling,
- varnishing day,
- vernissage