retrospection

retrospection
The act or process of surveying and reviewing the past. [retro- + L. specto, pp. spectatus, to look at]

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  • rétrospection — ● rétrospection nom féminin (de rétrospectif) Littéraire. Action de regarder en arrière, de se reporter dans le passé. ⇒RÉTROSPECTION, subst. fém. Fait d envisager un processus en remontant dans le passé; point de vue rétrospectif. Anton.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Retrospection — Re tro*spec tion, n. The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • retrospection — index hindsight, recollection, remembrance (recollection) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • retrospection — (n.) 1630s, noun of action from L. retrospicere (see RETROSPECT (Cf. retrospect)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • retrospection — [re΄trə spek′shən] n. [ RETROSPECT + ION] 1. act, instance, or faculty of looking back on or reviewing past events, experiences, etc. 2. reference to a past event 3. a survey of past life or experiences …   English World dictionary

  • retrospection — n. in retrospection * * * [ˌretrə spekʃ(ə)n] in retrospection …   Combinatory dictionary

  • rétrospection — (entrée créée par le supplément) (ré tro spè ksion) s. f. Action de regarder en arrière, et, par extension, de regarder dans le passé. •   Dans le sommeil, dans les rêves, dans le somnambulisme, il y a [suivant l auteur d un mémoire] addition de… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • retrospection — retrospect ► NOUN ▪ a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time. ● in retrospect Cf. ↑in retrospect DERIVATIVES retrospection noun …   English terms dictionary

  • retrospection — noun Date: 1674 the act or process or an instance of surveying the past …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • retrospection — /re treuh spek sheuhn/, n. 1. the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past. 2. a survey of past events or experiences. [1625 35; RETROSPECT + ION] * * * …   Universalium

  • retrospection — noun The deliberate recall of past events …   Wiktionary

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