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[ po-ster-i-tee ] / pɒˈstɛr ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR posterity ON THESAURUS.COM
nounsucceeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity. all descendants of one person: His fortune was gradually dissipated by his posterity. Origin of posterity1350–1400; Middle English posterite<Latin posteritās, noun derivative of posterus coming after. See posterior, -ity Words nearby posterityposterior synechia, posterior tibial muscle, posterior tibial vein, posterior vein of left ventricle, posterior vein of septum pellucidum, posterity, posterization, postern, postero-, posteroanterior, posteroexternal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for posterityObtaining this understanding and posterity is easy, according to the website. Rand Paul’s Many Leather-Bound Books|Olivia Nuzzi|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST As he once told Brassai, the Gagosian exhibition catalog states, “I want to leave as complete a record as possible for posterity.” Revealing The Unseen Picasso|Justin Jones|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her face was cast into a plaster mold, preserving her shy smile for posterity. Brooklyn’s Museum of Death: Inside Morbid Anatomy’s House of Intriguing Horrors|Nina Strochlic|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST And our victory in that war decided not just a century, but shaped the security and well-being of all posterity. D-Day 70th Anniversary Celebrations: Queen, Obama, Merkel, Putin and Cameron in France|Tom Sykes|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If not for posterity, if not for the defense of the United States Constitution, then do it for Mickey. Our Dumb Puritan Laws: Sex Bans and Illegal Adultery|Kevin Bleyer|April 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Comedy is the title which Dante gives to his trilogy and posterity has added the prefix adjective divine. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World"|John T. Slattery Still the falsehood will go down to posterity,” said Lady Clementina; “and after ages will think I was a gambler. Nature and Art|Mrs. Inchbald It is only now, now, for the first time, that I have been fancying myself going down to posterity in the company of the immortals. The Gorgeous Isle|Gertrude Atherton The nature of her relations to him should ensure the preservation of her name to posterity. Women of Modern France (Illustrated)|Hugo Paul Thieme (1870-1940) To have broken his word is a crime for which posterity will never forgive Moore. My Recollections of Lord Byron|Teresa Guiccioli
British Dictionary definitions for posterity
nounfuture or succeeding generations all of one's descendants Word Origin for posterityC14: from French postérité, from Latin posteritās future generations, from posterus coming after, from post after Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to posteritylineage, brood, family, progeny, breed, offspring, seed, issue, stock, descendants, heirs, scions, successors, children, unborn |