English Explanatory Dictionary

retrognosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A description of a past event that is written as though it were a prediction.

Word forms

retrognosis retrognoses

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Proto-Italic *wretrō Latin retrōder. English retro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)der. English gnosis English retrognosis From retro- + gnosis.

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