retrospection

The closer these characters come to Amis himself — most recently in the retrospection of “The Pregnant Widow” and “Inside Story” — the more overt this generational mapping becomes.

Naturally, such a skid prompts retrospection and underscores the importance of these next few weeks.

I had time to do a little retrospection, and I realized I just wasn’t present enough.

Nancy Rhine, a gerontologist and marriage and family therapist in Mill Valley, California, has helped about 40 older adults prepare for and process late-life rituals involving hours of retrospection and introspection, art and music.

Rosy retrospection inflicts many people who closely watched the boxing greats of the 1960s, 1970s or 1980s.