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At the end of the year, both introspection and retrospection are common. While introspection involves looking inward and taking stock of oneself, retrospection is all about recollecting and contemplating things that happened in the past. A look back at the history of the related adjective retrospective reveals that it retains a strong connection to its past; its Latin source is retrospicere, meaning “to look back at.” Retrospective can also be used as a noun referring to an exhibition that “looks back” at an artist’s work created over a span of years. Once you have retrospective and retrospection behind you, you can also add their kin retrospect and retro to your vocabulary, too.
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Amber Nigam, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Related Articles The retrospective marks the fourth in a series of exhibitions presented by the MOP Foundation president Marta Ortega Pérez, daughter of Inditex owner Amancio Ortega.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Nov. 2024
One recent case was the retrospective of Palestinian-American painter Samia Halaby scheduled to open this past February at Indiana University’s Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art.
—Maddie Klett, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Retrospective.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retrospective. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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