Usually means: Predicting past events from present.
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  1. retrodictive: Merriam-Webster
  2. retrodictive: Collins English Dictionary
  3. retrodictive: Wiktionary

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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to retrodiction.

Similar:
retrogressive, retrogressional, retrocausal, retrocognitive, retroductive, retroflective, retrospective, retrotranscriptional, retrographic, reversional, more...

Opposite:
predictive, prospective, forward-looking

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Similar:
retrogressive, retrogressional, retrocausal, retrocognitive, retroductive, retroflective, retrospective, retrotranscriptional, retrographic, reversional, more...

Opposite:
predictive, prospective, forward-looking



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