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Definition of: retrospective
(ret′rə·spek′tiv) adjective
1. Looking back on the past; of, pertaining to, or referring to the past.
2. Retroactive: said of some legislation.
3. Characterized by retrospection.
—ret′ro·spec′tive·ly adverb
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