retrospective

Retrospective means “of or relating to the past or something that happened in the past.” // Though mostly pleased with her final grades at the end of the semester, she undertook a retrospective analysis of her work from the previous months. See the entry > RETROSPECTIVE in Context “Despite the relative darkness of Hearts Aglow, [singer Natalie] Mering fondly recalls certain experiences from its genesis. ‘It was a good time to fall in love,’ she says, recalling those early pandemic days of binging TV, baking bread, and taking long walks and scenic drives through empty streets. As soon as she makes this point, however, Mering is quick to note it was also a time of anxiety and how she wishes she could have enjoyed those days more. It’s a kind of retrospective wisdom that comes up frequently in her songwriting and in conversation: a generous quality that can sometimes make her seem older than her years.” — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 16 Nov. 2022 Build your vocabulary! Get Word of the Day in your inbox every day. Your email address Did You Know? At the end of the year, both introspection and retrospection are common. While introspection involves looking inward and taking stock of oneself, retrospection is all about recollecting and contemplating things that happened in the past. A look back at the history of the related adjective retrospective reveals that it retains a strong connection to its past; its Latin source is retrospicere, meaning “to look back at.” Retrospective can also be used as a noun referring to an exhibition that “looks back” at an artist’s work created over a span of years. Once you have retrospective and retrospection behind you, you can also add their kin retrospect and retro to your vocabulary, too. Test Your Vocabulary with M-W Quizzes Previous a pencil broken in half on top of a test answer sheet Challenging Standardized Test Words, Vol. 2 PLAY NOW brown chihuahua sitting on the floor with squinting eyes looking at the camera What Did You Just Call Me? PLAY NOW high school student holding a pencil leaning over a sat test Challenging Standardized Test Words PLAY NOW fireworks in a dark sky spell out 2022 Top Words of 2022 Quiz PLAY NOW naughty or nice Are You Naughty or Nice? PLAY NOW alt-63935d4811189 Name That Thing MegaQuiz: Vol. 3 PLAY NOW a pencil broken in half on top of a test answer sheet Challenging Standardized Test Words, Vol. 2 PLAY NOW brown chihuahua sitting on the floor with squinting eyes looking at the camera What Did You Just Call Me? PLAY NOW high school student holding a pencil leaning over a sat test Challenging Standardized Test Words PLAY NOW fireworks in a dark sky spell out 2022 Top Words of 2022 Quiz PLAY NOW naughty or nice Are You Naughty or Nice? PLAY NOW alt-63935d4811189 Name That Thing MegaQuiz: Vol. 3 PLAY NOW a pencil broken in half on top of a test answer sheet Challenging Standardized Test Words, Vol. 2 PLAY NOW brown chihuahua sitting on the floor with squinting eyes looking at the camera What Did You Just Call Me? PLAY NOW high school student holding a pencil leaning over a sat test Challenging Standardized Test Words PLAY NOW Next Test Your Vocabulary Rearrange the letters to reveal an adjective that can mean “evocative of a longed-for past time or condition”: TGLAOICNS. VIEW THE ANSWER Podcast retrospective Share SUBSCRIBE Amazon Music Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher RSS 00:00 / 02:18 Privacy Policy More Words of the Day JAN 02 precocious JAN 01 annus mirabilis DEC 30 boondoggle DEC 29 espouse DEC 28 lodestar DEC 27 cajole SEE ALL WORDS OF THE DAY L