hindthought
noun/ˈhaɪndθɔːt/
Etymology From hind + thought.
1
Consideration or questioning of events or decisions after they have occurred.
- Forethought, however, is much more satisfactory than hindthought.1911, Frederick Frye Rockwell, Home Vegetable Gardening, →ISBN:
- It is done almost automatically, without hindthought, and such a press exists in other countries too.1995, Europe Versus Intolerance, →ISBN, page 233:
2 more examples
- “Blind obedience to a government without forethought or, in your case, even hindthought is an abomination to free thought,” said Ethan, smiling.2007, Raymond Rodrigues, Memoir of a Green Mountain Boy, →ISBN:
- 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).2015, Rudolph Binion, Frau Lou: Nietzsche's Wayward Disciple, →ISBN, page 98:
- Antonyms
- forethought
- Related terms
- hindsight, second thoughts