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ретроспекти́ва — meaning in English

retrospektiva

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English meaning

  • flashback noun A scene in a story, film, or book that jumps back to an earlier point in time.
  • retrospective adjective Looking back on or relating to the past.

Senses

ретроспекти́ва is used for these senses in English:

  • flashback (authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
  • retrospective Looking backwards.

flashback — full definition

  1. noun A scene in a story, film, or book that jumps back to an earlier point in time.
  2. noun A sudden, vivid memory of a past traumatic event that feels like it's happening again.

retrospective — full definition

  1. adjective Looking back on or relating to the past.
  2. adjective Applying to events that happened in the past; retroactive.
  3. noun An exhibition or review covering an artist's whole body of work.

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