Definition of retroject in English:

retroject

verb ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛktˌretrəˈjekt

[with object]rare

Project backwards.
the rabbinic interpretation is retrojected into the biblical text
Example sentencesExamples
- First of all the definitions of these terms are anachronistic; they entail the retrojecting of many post-Enlightenment concerns into antiquity.
- In attempting to fill in the blanks, we risk retrojecting our own ideology, technology, cosmology, etc., onto a given metaphor.
- Postmodern readers may not be persuaded that the scientific categories constructed in one culture can so readily be retrojected onto another.
- First, reformations always retroject current concerns into their supposed archetypes.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from retro- 'backwards', on the pattern of the verb project.

Definition of retroject in US English:

retroject

verbˌretrəˈjekt

[with object]rare

Project backward.
the rabbinic interpretation is retrojected into the biblical text
Example sentencesExamples
- First of all the definitions of these terms are anachronistic; they entail the retrojecting of many post-Enlightenment concerns into antiquity.
- First, reformations always retroject current concerns into their supposed archetypes.
- In attempting to fill in the blanks, we risk retrojecting our own ideology, technology, cosmology, etc., onto a given metaphor.
- Postmodern readers may not be persuaded that the scientific categories constructed in one culture can so readily be retrojected onto another.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from retro- ‘backwards’, on the pattern of the verb project.

单词	retroject
释义	Definition of retroject in English: retroject verb ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛktˌretrəˈjekt [with object]rare Project backwards. the rabbinic interpretation is retrojected into the biblical text Example sentencesExamples First of all the definitions of these terms are anachronistic; they entail the retrojecting of many post-Enlightenment concerns into antiquity. In attempting to fill in the blanks, we risk retrojecting our own ideology, technology, cosmology, etc., onto a given metaphor. Postmodern readers may not be persuaded that the scientific categories constructed in one culture can so readily be retrojected onto another. First, reformations always retroject current concerns into their supposed archetypes. Origin Mid 19th century: from retro- 'backwards', on the pattern of the verb project. Definition of retroject in US English: retroject verbˌretrəˈjekt [with object]rare Project backward. the rabbinic interpretation is retrojected into the biblical text Example sentencesExamples First of all the definitions of these terms are anachronistic; they entail the retrojecting of many post-Enlightenment concerns into antiquity. First, reformations always retroject current concerns into their supposed archetypes. In attempting to fill in the blanks, we risk retrojecting our own ideology, technology, cosmology, etc., onto a given metaphor. Postmodern readers may not be persuaded that the scientific categories constructed in one culture can so readily be retrojected onto another. Origin Mid 19th century: from retro- ‘backwards’, on the pattern of the verb project.
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