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Noun

1. 1
   A form of "prediction" that deals with the past rather than the future, sometimes useful in testing theories whose actual predictions are too long-term to be of immediate use. countable, uncountable

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reconstructing

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futurologyprognosticationprognostics

Etymology

Blend of retro- + prediction.