hindthought

English

Etymology

From hind +‎ thought.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪndθɔːt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

hindthought (countable and uncountable, plural hindthoughts)

1. Consideration or questioning of events or decisions after they have occurred.
   • 1911, Frederick Frye Rockwell, Home Vegetable Gardening, →ISBN:

     Forethought, however, is much more satisfactory than hindthought.

   • 1995, Europe Versus Intolerance, →ISBN, page 233:

     It is done almost automatically, without hindthought, and such a press exists in other countries too.

   • 2007, Raymond Rodrigues, Memoir of a Green Mountain Boy, →ISBN:

     “Blind obedience to a government without forethought or, in your case, even hindthought is an abomination to free thought,” said Ethan, smiling.

   • 2015, Rudolph Binion, Frau Lou: Nietzsche's Wayward Disciple, →ISBN, page 98:

     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).

Antonyms

• forethought

See also

• hindsight
• second thoughts