retrospective
directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
looking or directed backward.
retroactive, as a statute.
an art exhibit showing an entire phase or representative examples of an artist's lifework.
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.
Origin of retrospective
1Other words from retrospective
- ret·ro·spec·tive·ly, adverb
- ret·ro·spec·tive·ness, noun
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How to use retrospective in a sentence
Around the time of the event, Vogue published retrospective and historical content packages that were built out of previous galas, setting May 2020 up to be record-breaking month as well.
How Vogue’s international approach to audience data helped it reach record readers | Kayleigh Barber | December 18, 2020 | DigidayLet her do it again this week with Style Invitational Week 1415, the first of our two second-chance contests, covering the first half of the ones we did since last year’s retrospective.
Musa Mayer, Guston’s daughter and head of the Guston Foundation, said that the decision represents real progress and that she looks forward to celebrating the retrospective when it opens.
After intense criticism, Philip Guston exhibition rescheduled for 2022-24 | Peggy McGlone | November 5, 2020 | Washington PostLast year, the Bauhaus’s 100th anniversary was celebrated with a host of exhibits, events and retrospectives around the world—and inspired a flurry of thoughtful writing about the movement.
Instead, retrospective evaluations correlated most closely to peak and end pain levels.
In 1980, a retrospective of the artist at the Museum of Modern Art in New York captivated Hockney.
To celebrate a retrospective box set, entitled Nothing Has Changed, Bowie has released a video for one of two new songs included.
David Bowie Goes Big Band in New Music Video | Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“When Tibor died we did a retrospective of MCo., and the lamp was the last thing you saw,” she says.
Frank Gehry is enjoying a major moment: his retrospective is in full swing in Paris and his latest creation opens today.
Hopper (1882-1967), had his first major retrospective at the Whitney in 1964.
But statutes which merely alter the procedure, if they are in themselves good statutes, ought to be retrospective.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayIt is always to be remembered that retrospective legislation is bad in principle only when it affects the substantive law.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayStatutes creating new crimes or increasing the punishment of old crimes ought in no case to be retrospective.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayBut the bill against Duncombe really was, what the bill against Fenwick was not, objectionable as a retrospective bill.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThere was not a side nor retrospective glance to disturb the serenity of her large blue eyes.
The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
British Dictionary definitions for retrospective
/ (ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛktɪv) /
looking or directed backwards, esp in time; characterized by retrospection
applying to the past; retroactive
an exhibition of an artist's life's work or a representative selection of it
Derived forms of retrospective
- retrospectively, adverb
- retrospectiveness, noun
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