Retrospective

English

Adjective

Retrospective (comparative more Retrospective, superlative most Retrospective)

1. of, relating to, or contemplating the past
2. looking backwards
3. affecting or influencing past things; retroactive

Noun

Retrospective (plural Retrospectives)

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

Adverbs for Retrospective

lamentably; curiously; tiresomely; unprofitably; unfortunately; dismally; stagnantly; stubbornly; sorrowfully; obstinately; fearfully; incorrigibly; mcurably; inveterately.

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

Etymology

retrospect+-ive. from Latin retrospectare

Translations

Adjective

of, relating to, or contemplating the past

French: rétrospectif (fr) German: rückblickend, rückschauend

Romanian: retrospectiv (ro)

looking backwards

German: zurückblickend

Russian: ретроспектива (ru) (retrospektiva)

affecting or influencing past things; retroactive

German: rückwirkend (de)

See also

• festschrift – scholarly analog
• memorial
• tribute