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hindsight

English

Etymology

From hind +? sight. Etymologically almost the exact Germanic equivalent to the Latin-derived retro (back) + spect (look).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ha?ndsa?t/

Noun

hindsight (countable and uncountable, plural hindsights)

  1. Realisation or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred
    • When you read "Seven Little Rabbits" at age 6 and read it again 15 years later, the hindsight you've developed in the time between will make you look at and think of the book very differently!
  2. (rare) The rear sight of a firearm

Antonyms

  • foresight

Hypernyms

  • sight

Derived terms

  • hindsightly
  • twenty-twenty hindsight

Translations

See also

  • hindlook
  • retrospect

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retrospection

English

Noun

retrospection (plural retrospections)

  1. The deliberate recall of past events

Translations

Anagrams

  • interoceptors

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