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hindsightism

hindsightism noun: a tendency to look at past events with the benefit of hindsight.

Noun

hindsightism (uncountable)

  1. A tendency to look at past events with the benefit of hindsight.
    • 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
    • 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 292

Origin of hindsightism

From hindsight + -ism.

Questions about hindsightism

What does hindsightism mean?
Hindsightism means a tendency to look at past events with the benefit of hindsight.
What part of speech is hindsightism?
Hindsightism is a noun.

Words near hindsightism in the dictionary

  1. Hindses
  2. hindside
  3. hindsides
  4. hindsight
  5. hindsight is 20/20
  6. hindsightism
  7. hindsightly
  8. hindsights
  9. hindstomach
  10. hindstomachs
  11. hindthought

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