Lexic.us

Definition of Retrospection

1. Noun. Reference to things past. "The story begins with no introductory retrospections"

2. Noun. Memory for experiences that are past. "Some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection"

Definition of Retrospection

1. n. The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past.

Definition of Retrospection

1. Noun. The deliberate recall of past events ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retrospection

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Retrospection

1. The act or process of surveying and reviewing the past. Origin: retro-+ L. Specto, pp. Spectatus, to look at (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrospection

retroreflectors retrorocket retrorockets retrorse retros retroscape retroscapes retroserrate retrosnub retrospect

retrospected retrospectical retrospecting retrospection (current term) retrospections retrospective retrospective determinism retrospective falsification retrospective memory retrospective studies

retrospective study retrospectively retrospectives retrospects retrospondylolisthesis retrosternal retrosternal hernia retrosternal space

Literary usage of Retrospection

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1822)
"Though not equal in point of interest and composition to some other productions of Mrs. Taylor and her family, the tale of retrospection merits regard, ..."

2. Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey (1916)
"Education as Recapitulation and retrospection. — A peculiar combination of the ideas of development and formation from without has given rise to the ..."

3. Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey (1916)
"... and retrospection. — A peculiar combination of the ideas of development and formation from without has given rise to the recapitulation theory of ..."

4. The American Historical Register by Charles Henry Browning (1895)
"Eugene Gary spoke to the theme, " retrospection," saying : By a law of our nature in the progress from ... To most of us the day of retrospection lias come. ..."

5. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"retrospection January i, 1860. God's hand has planted another year In the fruitful soil of Time— To the tragic poem of human life Is added another rhyme. ..."

6. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"... of the Impending Revolution — The Ohio Delegation in the 36th Congress — retrospection. I HAVE followed this important session of Congress to its close, ..."

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