noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The construction of past conditions by relying on the present countable, uncountable

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retrodictionretrodiction

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prediction

Etymology

In imitation of prediction, with the prefix pre- replaced by its antonym post-.

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