ret·ro·spec·tive (r t r -spk t v)adj. 1. Looking back on, contemplating, or directed to the past. 2. Looking or directed backward. 3. Applying to or influencing the past; retroactive. 4. Of, relating to, or being a retrospective: a retrospective art exhibition. n. An exhibition or performance of works produced by an artist over a considerable period. ret ro·spective·ly adv. |
retrospective [ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛktɪv]
adj
1. looking or directed backwards, esp in time; characterized by retrospection
2. applying to the past; retroactive
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) an exhibition of an artist's life's work or a representative selection of it
retrospectively adv
retrospectiveness n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | retrospective - an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work art exhibition - an exhibition of art objects (paintings or statues) |
| Adj. | 1. | retrospective - concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification" backward - directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view" prospective - of or concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation" |
retrospective
noun
review, revision, another look, reassessment, fresh look, second look, reconsideration, re-evaluation, re-examination They honoured him with a retrospective of his work.
adjective
retroactive, backdated, backward-looking a retrospective fear of the responsibility she had taken on
Translations
retrospective [ˌretrəʊˈspektɪv]
A. ADJ → retrospectivo; [law etc] → retroactivo, de efecto retroactivo
B. N (Art) → (exposición f) retrospectiva f
retrospective [ˌrɛtrəˈspɛktɪv]
adj
[law] → rétroactif/ive
[feeling, look, claim, observation] → rétrospectif/ive
n
(ART) → rétrospective f
retrospective
adj thought → rückblickend; wisdom → im Nachhinein; (Admin, Jur) → rückblickend; pay rise → rückwirkend; retrospective effect → Rückwirkung f; a retrospective exhibition → eine Retrospektive; a retrospective look (at) → ein Blick m → zurück (→ auf +acc)
n → Retrospektive f
retrospective [ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛktɪv]
retrospective [ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛktɪv]
1. adj (gen) → retrospettivo/a; (pay rise) (Law) → retroattivo/a
2. n (Art) → retrospettiva
retrospective [ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛktɪv]
1. adj (gen) → retrospettivo/a; (pay rise) (Law) → retroattivo/a
2. n (Art) → retrospettiva
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