- retrospection
- ret|ro|spec|tion [ ,retrou`spekʃən ] noun uncount FORMALthe action of remembering or thinking about things that happened to you in the past
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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
