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postdiction|ˈpəʊstdɪkʃən|
[f. post- A. 1 b + L. dictiōn-em a saying, speaking, after prediction n.]
(The making of) an assertion or deduction about something in the past. So (as a back-formation) postˈdict v. trans., to assert or imply something about (something in the past or the present).
1940J. Laird Theism & Cosmology v. 169 If, however, the future be indeterminate before it occurs, it cannot be fixed before it occurs. For there is nothing determinate to fix. Hence inferential prediction has quite a different status from inferential post-diction. 1952Mind LXI. 40 Inductive sentences may also postdict a past event, e.g... ‘It is probable that Caesar crossed the Rubicon.’ 1960Commentary June 487/1 The Gluecks' five-factor scale in effect post-dicted delinquency in the Boston boys from whom it was developed. Ibid., Post-diction is easier than prediction. 1966Amer. Speech XLI. 208 The auxiliary of prediction will combines with inflectional ending of postdiction -ed to produce a form, would. 1971Computers & Humanities V. 192 Discriminant analysis of 30 content variables and 192 editorials..postdicted correctly the masthead of most editorials. |