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retcons

retcons is the plural of retcon.

retcons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retcon.

Meaning of retcon

Noun

retcon (plural retcons)

  1. A fictional setting in which a new storyline explains or changes a previous event or attaches a new significance to it.
    • TLC: What do you say to the Legion fans who have become disenfranchised with the series due to its various retcons and reboots?2003, Glen Cadigan, The Legion Companion, page 152

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Questions about retcons

What is retcons the plural of?
Retcons is the plural of retcon.

Words near retcons in the dictionary

  1. retcht
  2. retchtest
  3. retcon
  4. retconned
  5. retconning
  6. retcons
  7. retd
  8. retd.
  9. rete
  10. Rete algorithm
  11. Rete algorithms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retcons (page history and authors); retcon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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