retrospective : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: retrospective	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for retrospective
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retrospective adj concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification" Antonym(s): prospective n an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retrospective \Re`trospec"tive\, a. [Cf. F. r[82]trospectif.] 1. Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective* view. The sage, with retrospective eye. --Pope. 2. Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law. Inflicting death by a retrospective enactment. --Macaulay.