hindthought
/ˈhaɪndθɔːt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Consideration or questioning of events or decisions after they have occurred.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Forethought, however, is much more satisfactory than hindthought."
- "It is done almost automatically, without hindthought, and such a press exists in other countries too."
- "“Blind obedience to a government without forethought or, in your case, even hindthought is an abomination to free thought,” said Ethan, smiling."
- "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)."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hinder Old English hindan Middle English hinde English hind Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought English hindthought From hind + thought.