retrospective

4 definitions • 5 examples

a show of the work an artist has done in their life so far:

a Hockney retrospective/a retrospective of Hockney's work

relating to or thinking about the past:

a retrospective album of solo Freddie Mercury tracks

looking back over the past:

He was the subject of a retrospective exhibit.

if a law, decision, etc. is retrospective, it has effect from a date in the past before it was approved:

The new law will not be retrospective.

He described stamp duty on property transactions as 'an unfair and retrospective tax' on long-term savers.