retrodictions
/ˌrɛtrəˈdɪkʃənz/
noun
- Statements or claims about past events that are made using present knowledge or evidence, often in a way that seems to predict what already happened.
- Her retrodictions about the stock market crash were based on data she had collected years later.
- The scientist's retrodictions about the ancient climate matched the fossil record perfectly.
- Historians sometimes rely on retrodictions to explain why certain civilizations collapsed.