retrospectnoun
uk/ˈret.rə.spekt/us/ˈret.rə.spekt/in retrospect
C2 thinking now about something in the past:
In retrospect, I think my marriage was doomed from the beginning.
I'm sure my university days seem happier in retrospect than they really were.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- echo
- imprint
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- pat
- recall
- ring a bell idiom
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- store
- take sb back
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retrospection
noun [ U ] uk/ˌret.rəˈspek.ʃən/us/ˌret.rəˈspek.ʃən/
a time/mood of retrospection