Synonyms for retrospective
ˌrɛ trəˈspɛk tɪvret·ro·spec·tive

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1. retrospectiveadjective

   an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work

   Antonyms:
   future, likely, potential, prospective

2. retrospectiveadjective

   concerned with or related to the past

   "retrospective self-justification"

   Antonyms:
   future, likely, prospective, potential

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1. retrospectiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   looking back

2. retrospectiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   retroactive, that affects the past

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1. List of paraphrases for "retrospective":

   retroactive, hindsight, retrospect, backward-looking, carryback, ex-post, historical

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1. Andrew Cuomo:

   We are way behind in testing, there'll be plenty of time to do a retrospective. We need to increase testing as quickly as possible and get the volume as high as possible. The more people you test, the more people you can isolate.

2. Saint Laurent:

   It is my soul, i was not so happy at first. I never wanted to do a retrospective, and it ended up like that.

3. Peter Feaver:

   We could well be in a similar position : where the Trump argument is :' we are finally getting the handle on this, do you really want the disruption of a change in administration ?' the answer to that, I think, hinges heavily on whether the President can win the retrospective judgment on,' Were you the one who got us into this mess in the first place ?'.

4. Subramanian Sharma:

   Daiichi's share sale is having some impact but the underlying trend has weakened due to equity-led worries around Jan-March earnings and retrospective taxes on profits of foreign investors.

5. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond:

   The tax demand made to Cairn was very unwelcome, i've had a very clear indication from Mr Jaitley...who is clear and categoric that this government will not be issuing any further notices under the retrospective tax legislation.