RETROSPECTIONS Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

retrospections

noun

plural of retrospection

as in reviews

a usually critical look at a past event the president is confident that future retrospections will cast his actions in a more favorable light

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Noun

That would be Sound of Freedom, which has a 57% Rotten Tomatoes critic score and a genuinely stunning 99% audience score with over 10,000 reviews.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Cooper Johnson, its owner, said his business received dozens of emails and negative online reviews.

— Elijah Polance, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

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Noun

These frozen reconsiderations of classic cocktails are summer manna.

— Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 10 June 2026
Undoubtedly, these reconsiderations have been a largely positive exercise, foregrounding not only more equitable but more accurate and more engaging histories, and opening gallery and museum doors to previously excluded artists (even if many have suffered with the ups and downs of speculation).

— Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026

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