retrospection
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- noun
- /ˌrɛtrəˈspɛkʃən/
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retrospección
- Through retrospection, we can better understand how our experiences shape who we are.
- retrospection and integration
Examples
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The idea of teacher reflection as retrospection is similar to the way we use the term in common usage.
Academic text (2008) -
Even explaining its origins in retrospection required reference to this etymology.
Academic text (2000) -
From this retrospection, she produced her first book, If You Want to Write.
Academic text (2007) -
We write to taste life twice, once in the moment and in retrospection.
Blog text (31) -
We write to taste life twice: in the moment and in retrospection.
Blog text (24) -
Day after day, Morgan and the Englishwoman lay on separate sides of the wall in independent retrospection as the mornings of their lives slid by.
Fiction book (1991) -
The literature generally discusses teacher reflection as either (a) retrospection, (b) problem solving, (c) critical reflection, or (d) reflection-in-action.
Academic text (2008) -
Learning strategy research uses learner introspection and retrospection as well as observation of successful language learners (Rubin 1987).
Academic text (2001) -
After a period of retrospection, she realized the importance of her past mistakes.
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His retrospection on their childhood brought back many fond memories.
Synonyms
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A memory of something from the past or the act of remembering it
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The act of thinking about past events to understand them
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Realizing what went wrong only after something happens
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A memory of something from the past
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Thinking about events or experiences from the past
How Reflective
Surface Forms
Morphology
retrospection = retrospect (transparent) = retrospect + ion
Formed by the standard nominalizing suffix '-ion' added to 'retrospect', yielding 'the act of looking back', which is directly derivable.
Etymology
The word retrospection comes from the parts retro- 'back' and spec- 'to look', the same pieces you see in retro (old style) and inspect (to look closely). So, retrospection is literally 'looking back', meaning thinking about past events or memories.