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hindthought

/ˈhaɪndθɔːt/

hindthought noun: consideration or questioning of events or decisions after they have occurred.

Noun

hindthought (countable and uncountable, plural hindthoughts)

  1. Consideration or questioning of events or decisions after they have occurred.
    • Forethought, however, is much more satisfactory than hindthought.1911, Frederick Frye Rockwell, Home Vegetable Gardening, →ISBN
    • It is done almost automatically, without hindthought, and such a press exists in other countries too.1995, Europe Versus Intolerance, →ISBN, page 233

Examples of hindthought in a sentence

  • “Blind obedience to a government without forethought or, in your case, even hindthought is an abomination to free thought,” said Ethan, smiling.2007, Raymond Rodrigues, Memoir of a Green Mountain Boy, →ISBN:
  • And if I understand you at all: these are all voluntary and self-imposed tendencies with you—for as much as they are not symptoms (about which I have a heap of painful hindthoughts).2015, Rudolph Binion, Frau Lou: Nietzsche's Wayward Disciple, →ISBN, page 98:

Antonyms of hindthought

Forms of hindthought

pluralhindthoughts

Origin of hindthought

From hind + thought.

Questions about hindthought

What does hindthought mean?
Hindthought means consideration or questioning of events or decisions after they have occurred.
How do you use hindthought in a sentence?
“Blind obedience to a government without forethought or, in your case, even hindthought is an abomination to free thought,” said Ethan, smiling.
What part of speech is hindthought?
Hindthought is a noun.
How do you pronounce hindthought?
Hindthought is pronounced /ˈhaɪndθɔːt/.
What is the plural of hindthought?
The plural of hindthought is hindthoughts.

Words near hindthought in the dictionary

  1. hindsightism
  2. hindsightly
  3. hindsights
  4. hindstomach
  5. hindstomachs
  6. hindthought
  7. hindthoughts
  8. Hindu
  9. Hindu Koh
  10. Hindu Kush
  11. Hindu numeral

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