Meanings
- uncountableA tendency to look at past events with the benefit of hindsight.
Social democrats' achievement in establishing a democratic republic has been rubbished by post-1933 hindsightism.
2017, John Callaghan, Nina Fishman, Ben Jackson, In search of social democracy, page 2921 more example
Yes, we must beware of hindsight-ism. But let us acknowledge that today, at least, we know that the lending industry from 2004 through 2006 was not just pushing it. It had become unhinged—institutionally corrupt, rotten, like a fish, from the head.
2014, Steve Schifferes, Richard Roberts, The Media and Financial Crises
Origin
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hindsightism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hindsightism
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