retrospective

Meanings

Plural: retrospectives

Noun

an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work
An exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity.

Adjective

concerned with or related to the past
- "retrospective self-justification"

Adj

Of, relating to, or contemplating the past.
Looking backwards.
Affecting or influencing past things; retroactive.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

hindsightly

Antonyms

prospective

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