| Retrospective 1. (a.) Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view. 2. (a.) Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law. Thesaurus Entries a priori, back, backward, demonstration, display, early, enactment, evocative, ex post facto, exhibit, exhibition, exposition, exposure, in retrospect, into the past, memoried, mindful, mnemonic, opening, ostentation, performance, presentation, presentment, production, projection, recollected, redolent, reexperienced, relived, remembered, remindful, reminiscent, representation, restored, retentive, retroactive, revived, show, showing, suggestive, unfolding, unfoldment, unveiling, varnishing day, vernissage |