Meanings
nounretrodiction (countable and uncountable, plural retrodictions)
plural retrodictions
- countableuncountableA form of "prediction" that deals with the past rather than the future, sometimes useful in testing theories whose actual predictions are too long-term to be of immediate use.
Synonyms: postdiction
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of "prediction" that deals with the past rather than the future, sometimes useful in testing theories whose actual predictions are too long-term to be of immediate use.
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Origin
Blend of retro- + prediction.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with retrodiction
fictionjurisdictionaddictionrestrictionpredictionconvictionfrictioncontradictiondepictionevictionafflictiondictionconstrictionbenedictionderelictionmaledictionstictionstrictionabstrictionaffixionastrictioncondictionconflictioneffiction
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APA
retrodiction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrodiction
MLA
“retrodiction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrodiction. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retrodiction,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrodiction.
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