Hindsight

Definition

Judging an earlier decision with knowledge of its later outcome, which the people making that decision did not possess.

Used by OCR

Paper 1

Critics knew what happened after Munich; Chamberlain had faced decisions without that hindsight.
Revise: Interpretations of Appeasement

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GCSE History · key term

Judging an earlier decision with knowledge of its later outcome, which the people making that decision did not possess.

Used by OCR

Paper 1

Critics knew what happened after Munich; Chamberlain had faced decisions without that hindsight.
Revise: Interpretations of Appeasement

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