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retrospective

[re-truh-spek-tiv]

ret·ro·spec·tive

[re-truh-spek-tiv]
adjective
1.
directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
2.
looking or directed backward.
3.
retroactive, as a statute.
noun
4.
an art exhibit showing an entire phase or representative examples of an artist's lifework.
5.
any exhibition or series of showings or performances, as of musical works or motion pictures, representing the work of an artist or performer over all or a major part of a career: a retrospective of John Ford's movies.

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Retrospective is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1655–65; retrospect + -ive

ret·ro·spec·tive·ly, adverb
ret·ro·spec·tive·ness, noun
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retrospective (ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛktɪv)
 
adj
1.  looking or directed backwards, esp in time; characterized by retrospection
2.  applying to the past; retroactive
 
n
3.  an exhibition of an artist's life's work or a representative selection of it
 
retro'spectively
 
adv
 
retro'spectiveness
 
n

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