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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesla retentiva
Pronunciation / Transliteration: lah reh-tehn-tee-vah
"En retrospectiva, las cosas parecen muy diferentes."
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The understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed.
"With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that we should have invested differently."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'hind' (meaning back or rear, originating from Old English 'hinda') and 'sight' (from Old English 'gesihð', meaning vision or the act of seeing). First recorded in the late 17th century, the term originally referred to the physical rear view before evolving to metaphorically signify the understanding of an event only after it has happened.
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le recul
Transliteration: le ruh-kuhl
"Avec le recul, nous aurions dû agir différemment."
die Nachbereitung
Transliteration: dee nahkh-buh-reh-tung
"Im Nachhinein ist man immer schlauer."
il senno di poi
Transliteration: il sen-no di poi
"Col senno di poi, è facile giudicare."
la retentiva
Transliteration: lah reh-tehn-tee-vah
"En retrospectiva, las cosas parecen muy diferentes."
a retrospectiva
Transliteration: ah reh-trohs-peh-tsee-vuh
"Com o benefício da retrospectiva, tudo fica mais claro."
पश्चातज्ञान
Transliteration: pashchat-gyan
"बाद की समझ के साथ, चीजें स्पष्ट हो जाती हैं।"
事后诸葛亮
Transliteration: shì hòu zhū gě liàng
"事后看来，我们当时应该做不同的决定。"
사후 지혜
Transliteration: sahu ji-hye
"지나고 나서 보면 모든 것이 분명해진다."
後知恵
Transliteration: atochie
"後知恵で言うのは簡単だ。"
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