Introspective vs. Retrospective

Introspectiveadjective

Examining one's own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself.

Introspectiveadjective

Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.

Introspectiveadjective

Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical phenomena; - contrasted with associational.

Introspectiveadjective

examining own sensory and perceptual experiences

Introspective

Introspective is the third studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 10 October 1988 by Parlophone and received generally positive reviews from critics.

Retrospectiveadjective

Of, relating to, or contemplating the past.

Retrospectiveadjective

Looking backwards.

Retrospectiveadjective

Affecting or influencing past things; retroactive.

Retrospectivenoun

An exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity.

Retrospectiveadjective

Looking backward; contemplating things past; - opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view.

Retrospectiveadjective

Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law.

Retrospectivenoun

an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work

Retrospectiveadjective

concerned with or related to the past;

Retrospective

A retrospective (from Latin retrospectare, ), generally, is a look back at events that took place, or works that were produced, in the past. As a noun, retrospective has specific meanings in medicine, software development, popular culture and the arts.