analyze (that which has already occurred; i.e., to project into the past) v.t.: retroject
Nor is there any indication that [Joan of Arc] was repelled by the idea of sex. That would be a retrojected suspicion, based on the widespread later presumption that every sane woman marries, has romantic affairs, or is ready to tangle in easy sexual liaisons. But not all women act according to such (mostly) male expectations and preconceptions. (Donald Spoto, Joan, HarperCollins [2007], p. 31.)
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