retroflection
/ˌrɛtroʊˈflɛkʃən/
noun
- The act of bending backward or the state of being bent backward.
- The yoga pose requires a gentle retroflection of the spine.
- The dancer's retroflection of her torso was both graceful and controlled.
- Doctors noted a slight retroflection of the patient's uterus.
- A turning of one's thoughts or attention back to the past; reflection.
- The novel is filled with moments of retroflection as the narrator looks back on his life.
- In a moment of retroflection, she realized how much she had changed.
- His retroflection on childhood memories brought both joy and sadness.
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