"postdiction" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "prediction"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "In imitation of prediction, with the prefix pre- replaced by its antonym post-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "postdictions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "postdiction (countable and uncountable, plural postdictions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with post-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The construction of past conditions by relying on the present"
      ],
      "id": "en-postdiction-en-noun-MdlBomfM",
      "links": [
        [
          "past",
          "past"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "postdict"
        },
        {
          "word": "postdictive"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "retrodiction"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "postdiction"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "prediction"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "In imitation of prediction, with the prefix pre- replaced by its antonym post-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "postdictions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "postdiction (countable and uncountable, plural postdictions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "postdict"
    },
    {
      "word": "postdictive"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with post-",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The construction of past conditions by relying on the present"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "past",
          "past"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "retrodiction"
    }
  ],
  "word": "postdiction"
}