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单词 retroject
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Definition of retroject in English:

retroject

verb ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛktˌretrəˈjekt
[with object]rare
  • Project backwards.

    the rabbinic interpretation is retrojected into the biblical text
    Example sentencesExamples
    • First of all the definitions of these terms are anachronistic; they entail the retrojecting of many post-Enlightenment concerns into antiquity.
    • In attempting to fill in the blanks, we risk retrojecting our own ideology, technology, cosmology, etc., onto a given metaphor.
    • Postmodern readers may not be persuaded that the scientific categories constructed in one culture can so readily be retrojected onto another.
    • First, reformations always retroject current concerns into their supposed archetypes.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from retro- 'backwards', on the pattern of the verb project.

 
 

Definition of retroject in US English:

retroject

verbˌretrəˈjekt
[with object]rare
  • Project backward.

    the rabbinic interpretation is retrojected into the biblical text
    Example sentencesExamples
    • First of all the definitions of these terms are anachronistic; they entail the retrojecting of many post-Enlightenment concerns into antiquity.
    • First, reformations always retroject current concerns into their supposed archetypes.
    • In attempting to fill in the blanks, we risk retrojecting our own ideology, technology, cosmology, etc., onto a given metaphor.
    • Postmodern readers may not be persuaded that the scientific categories constructed in one culture can so readily be retrojected onto another.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from retro- ‘backwards’, on the pattern of the verb project.

 
 
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