afterview noun2 •A looking back; a retrospective view or thought.The afterview considers the outcome of my "restudy" of the papers in more detail, but two matters can be signaled early on. — 1993 •An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.England disappeared so quickly. Soon there was nothing but sea. […] I sat down to watch the spot where my country dissolved. It was there, etched on to my eyes like an afterview of the sun. — 2004 formsafterviews