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retrospective
[ re-truh-spek-tiv ]
adjective
- directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
- looking or directed backward.
- retroactive, as a statute.
noun
- an art exhibit showing an entire phase or representative examples of an artist's lifework.
- any exhibition or series of showings or performances, as of musical works or motion pictures, representing the work of an artist or performer over all or a major part of a career:
a retrospective of John Ford's movies.
retrospective
/ ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛktɪv /
adjective
- looking or directed backwards, esp in time; characterized by retrospection
- applying to the past; retroactive
noun
- an exhibition of an artist's life's work or a representative selection of it
Derived Forms
- ˌretroˈspectiveness, noun
- ˌretroˈspectively, adverb
Other Words From
- retro·spective·ly adverb
- retro·spective·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of retrospective1
Example Sentences
In 1980, a retrospective of the artist at the Museum of Modern Art in New York captivated Hockney.
To celebrate a retrospective box set, entitled Nothing Has Changed, Bowie has released a video for one of two new songs included.
“When Tibor died we did a retrospective of MCo., and the lamp was the last thing you saw,” she says.
Frank Gehry is enjoying a major moment: his retrospective is in full swing in Paris and his latest creation opens today.
Hopper (1882-1967), had his first major retrospective at the Whitney in 1964.
But statutes which merely alter the procedure, if they are in themselves good statutes, ought to be retrospective.
It is always to be remembered that retrospective legislation is bad in principle only when it affects the substantive law.
Statutes creating new crimes or increasing the punishment of old crimes ought in no case to be retrospective.
But the bill against Duncombe really was, what the bill against Fenwick was not, objectionable as a retrospective bill.
There was not a side nor retrospective glance to disturb the serenity of her large blue eyes.
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