hindthought
noun/ˈhaɪndθɔːt/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hinder Old English hindan Middle English hinde English hind Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought English hindthought From hind + thought.
Definitions
Consideration or questioning of events or decisions after they have occurred.
- Forethought, however, is much more satisfactory than hindthought.
- It is done almost automatically, without hindthought, and such a press exists in other countries too.
- “Blind obedience to a government without forethought or, in your case, even hindthought is an abomination to free thought,” said Ethan, smiling.
The neighborhood
- antonymforethought
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hindthought. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA