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/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛktɪv

Adjective

retrospective (comparative more retrospective, superlative most retrospective)

1. Of, relating to, or contemplating the past.
   • 2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian‎^[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

Derived terms

• retrospective determinism
• retrospective memory

 

Translations

of, relating to, or contemplating the past

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

  Mandarin: 懷舊的／怀旧的 (huáijiù de)

• French: rétrospectif (fr)
• German: rückblickend (de), rückschauend
• Italian: retrospettivo (it)
• Portuguese: retrospectivo (pt) (Brazil), retrospetivo (Portugal)
• Romanian: retrospectiv (ro)
• Spanish: retrospectivo

looking backwards

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

  Mandarin: 回顧的／回顾的 (huígù de)

• German: zurückblickend (de)
• Irish: aisbhreathnaitheach, iardhearcach
• Kazakh: өткенді шолатын (ötkendı şolatyn), ретроспективті (retrospektivtı), ретроспективтік (retrospektivtık)
• Russian: ретроспектива (ru) (retrospektiva)

affecting or influencing past things; retroactive

• Armenian: հետադարձ (hy) (hetadarj)
• German: rückwirkend (de)
• 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
• German: Retrospektive (de) f
• Italian: retrospettiva (it) f
• Spanish: retrospectiva (es) f

See also

• festschrift – scholarly analog
• memorial
• tribute

Further reading

• “retrospective”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Interlingua

Adjective

retrospective (not comparable)

1. retrospective