retrodictive
/ˌrɛtroʊˈdɪktɪv/
adjective
- Relating to or involving the prediction of past events or conditions, often based on current evidence or theories.
- Historians sometimes rely on retrodictive reasoning to fill in gaps in the historical record.
- The scientist used a retrodictive model to explain why the ancient climate changed so suddenly.
- The detective's retrodictive analysis suggested that the robbery must have happened before midnight.
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