Hindsight

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hindsight \hindsight\ n.
     understanding the nature of an event after it has happened;
     as, hindsight is always clearer than foresight.
     [WordNet 1.5]
  
     {20-20 hindsight}, {twenty-twenty hindsight} Perfect


        understanding of an event after it has happened; -- a term
        usually used with sarcasm in response to criticism of
        one's decision, implying that the critic is unfairly
        judging the wisdom of the decision in light of information
        that was not available when the decision was made.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hindsight
       n : understanding the nature of an event after it has happened;
           "hindsight is always better than foresight"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "hindsight":
     commitment to memory, exercise of memory, flashback,
     learning by heart, looking back, memoir, memorization, memorizing,
     recall, recalling, recollecting, recollection, reconsideration,
     reflection, remembering, remembrance, reminiscence, retrospect,
     retrospection, review, rote, rote memory, study