Retrospection

Definitions: Retrospection

Retrospection

Noun

1. Reference to things past; "the story begins with no introductory retrospections".

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

Date "retrospection" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1700. (references)

Synonyms within Context: Retrospection

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Memory	Reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration; recurrence, flashback; retrospect, retrospection.
The Past	Retrospect, retrospection, looking back, memory. -- originally - preterition; priority; --
Thought	After thought, mature thought; reconsideration, second thoughts; retrospection; (memory); excogitation; examination; (inquiry) invention; (imagination).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Retrospection

Specialty definitions using "retrospection": Accordion ♦ Crayfish. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Retrospection

Domain	Title
Books	Fiscal policy for university development : retrospection and prescription (reference) Ndigbo : Time for retrospection and sober reflection (reference) Political Economy of Latin American Development: Seven Exercise in Retrospection (Copublications Series No. 3) (reference) Retrospection (reference) Retrospection and Introspection (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Chopin Retrospection (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Retrospection

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	CRAYFISH, n. A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible. In this small fish I take it that human wisdom is admirably figured and symbolized; for whereas the crayfish doth move only backward, and can have only retrospection, seeing naught but the perils already passed, so the wisdom of man doth not enable him to avoid the follies that beset his course, but only to apprehend their nature afterward. Sir James Merivale
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Retrospection

"Retrospection" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Retrospection" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	13	97,576

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Retrospection

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
retrospection	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Retrospection

Language		Translations for "retrospection"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		mendim për të kaluarën. (various references)

Arabic		‏إستعراض للأحداث الماضية. (various references)

Bulgarian		връщане към миналото (review, throwback). (various references)

Czech		pohled zpìt (backward glance, retrospect). (various references)

French		rétrospection (retrospect). (various references)

German		Erinnerung (keepsake, memento, memorization, memory, recollection, rememberance, remembrance, remembrance (of), reminder, reminiscence, souvenir). (various references)

Greek		ανασκόπηση (retrospect, review, survey). (various references)

Hungarian		visszatekintés (retrospect), visszapillantás (flashback, retrospect, review). (various references)

Pig Latin		etrospectionray

Portuguese		retrospecção, exame retrospectivo (retrospect). (various references)

Romanian		retrospectivã (retrospect). (various references)

Russian		размышление о прошлом. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		retrospektiva (retrospect), gledanje u prošlost. (various references)

Spanish		retrospección (retrospect), consideración del pasado. (various references)

Swedish		tillbakablickande. (various references)

Turkish		geçmişi anma, geçmişe bakış. (various references)

Ukranian		ретроспекція, звертання до минулого (ascent, retrospect). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Retrospection

Derivations
	Words beginning with "retrospection": retrospections. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Retrospection" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: extrospection, rertrospection. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Retrospection"

Words rhyming with "retrospection" (pronounced 'Re`tro*spec"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Retrospection

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: interoceptors.
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: interceptors, interoceptor, protectories, stereopticon.
	-2 letters: interceptor, protections.
	-3 letters: coprisoner, entoprocts, intercepts, intercrops, interposer, interprets, intertroop, introspect, neotropics, precentors, protection, protectors, receptions, resorption, retrospect, stenotopic.
	-4 letters: contester, cooperies, copestone, copresent, cornetist, cortisone, entoproct, entrepots, entropies, erections, inceptors, inspector, intercept, intercrop, interpose, interpret, intersect, neoterics, optionees, orneriest, pecorinos, pinsetter, porticoes, portieres, posterior, potencies, potterers, potteries, precensor.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: retrospections.
	+2 letters: overprotections.
	+3 letters: postresurrection.
	+4 letters: postresurrections.
	+5 letters: overprotectiveness.
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