postdictionn.

Brit.

/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈdɪkʃn/, U.S.

/ˌpoʊs(t)ˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: post- prefix, diction n.; post- prefix, Latin dictiōn-, dictiō.

Etymology: < post- prefix + diction n. or its etymon classical Latin dictiōn-, dictiō, after prediction n. Compare earlier retrodiction n.

An assertion or deduction about something in the past; the act of making such an assertion or deduction.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [noun] > based on inferred laws

generalization1761

extrapolation1872

retrodiction1895

intrapolation1923

postdiction1940

1940 J. Laird Theism & Cosmol. v. 169 If, however, the future be indeterminate before it occurs, it cannot be fixed before it occurs. For there is nothing determinate to fix. Hence inferential prediction has quite a different status from inferential post-diction.

1960 Commentary June 487/1 Post-diction is easier than prediction.

1966 Amer. Speech 41 208 The auxiliary of prediction will combines with inflectional ending of postdiction -ed to produce a form, would.

1993 A. Lightman Einstein's Dreams (1994) vii. 40 Their predictions become postdictions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	postdiction
释义	postdictionn. Brit. /ˌpəʊs(t)ˈdɪkʃn/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: post- prefix, diction n.; post- prefix, Latin dictiōn-, dictiō. Etymology: < post- prefix + diction n. or its etymon classical Latin dictiōn-, dictiō, after prediction n. Compare earlier retrodiction n. An assertion or deduction about something in the past; the act of making such an assertion or deduction. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [noun] > based on inferred laws generalization1761 extrapolation1872 retrodiction1895 intrapolation1923 postdiction1940 1940 J. Laird Theism & Cosmol. v. 169 If, however, the future be indeterminate before it occurs, it cannot be fixed before it occurs. For there is nothing determinate to fix. Hence inferential prediction has quite a different status from inferential post-diction. 1960 Commentary June 487/1 Post-diction is easier than prediction. 1966 Amer. Speech 41 208 The auxiliary of prediction will combines with inflectional ending of postdiction -ed to produce a form, would. 1993 A. Lightman Einstein's Dreams (1994) vii. 40 Their predictions become postdictions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1940
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