retrospection
the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
a survey of past events or experiences.
Origin of retrospection
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How to use retrospection in a sentence
They’re just happy to be here, and forty years from now, they’ll look back on this time with the same rosy retrospection I do for my own youth.
The cognitive errors that occur while reconstructing and forgetting certain memories lead to rosy retrospection, a process in which “people tend to think back on the past more fondly than what they experienced at that time.”
The second half of the episode dove into the mandated 30 minutes of retrospection necessary for any series finale.
I Watched ‘Psych’ For 8 Years and All I Got Was This Lackluster Finale | Chancellor Agard | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven if this is true, (indeed, if this is the case, it only aggravates the insult); avoid such retrospection.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyFor two or three minutes the illusion remained, till it was banished by retrospection.
The Kellys and the O'Kellys | Anthony Trollope
But far more exalted pleasures of memory and retrospection await the Christian in a future world.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus CoxIn sober retrospection it was almost incredible that the thin khaki line had held against the overwhelming odds which faced it.
The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. SkeltonHe persuaded his sisters, therefore, to walk out with him, to while away at once expectation and retrospection.
Camilla | Fanny Burney
British Dictionary definitions for retrospection
/ (ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛkʃən) /
the act of recalling things past, esp in one's personal experience
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