retrognosis

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Proto-Italic *wretrō Latin retrōder. English retro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)der. English gnosis English retrognosis From retro- + gnosis.

derived from gnosis English retrognosis From retro- + gnosis
derived from retro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder
derived from *wre- Proto-Italic *wretrō Latin retrōder✻

Definitions

A description of a past event that is written as though it were a prediction.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for retrognosis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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