Definitions for posterity
pɒˈstɛr ɪ tipos·ter·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.2 / 6 votes

1. descendants, posteritynoun

   all of the offspring of a given progenitor

   "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

2. posteritynoun

   all future generations

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.6 / 5 votes

1. posteritynoun

   All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Posteritynoun

   Succeeding generations; descendants: opposed to ancestors.

   Etymology: posterité, Fr. posteritas, Lat.

   It was said,
   It should not stand in thy posterity;
   But that myself should be the father
   Of many kings. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Since arms avail not now that Henry’s dead!
   Posterity await for wretched years. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   Posterity inform’d by thee might know. John Milton.

   Their names shall be transmitted to posterity, and spoken of through all future ages. George Smalridge, Sermons.

   To th’ unhappy, that unjustly bleed,
   Heav’n gives posterity t’ avenge the deed. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. posterity

   Posterity refers to all future generations of people, essentially everyone who is yet to be born or will exist in the future. It can also connote the descendants of a person or family.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. Posteritynoun

   the race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham

2. Posteritynoun

   succeeding generations; future times

3. Etymology: [L. posteritas: cf. F. postrit. See Posterior.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Posterity

   It means all future generations ahead. All the unborn generations collectively. All the people who will exist in the future.

   Emeasoba George

   
   

   Submitted by emeasoba_g on February 25, 2018  

Matched Categories

1. • Biological Group
   • Generation

How to pronounce posterity?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of posterity in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of posterity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of posterity in a Sentence

1. Thomas Paine:

   When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

2. Benjamin Disraeli:

   That we may live to see England once more possess a free Monarchy and a privileged and prosperous People, is my Prayer; that these great consequences can only be brought about by the energy and devotion of our Youth is my persuasion. We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.

3. Joseph Addison:

   Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

4. Henry David Thoreau:

   This American government -- what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will.

5. Harold J. Seymore:

   Leaders are the ones who keep faith with the past, keep step with the present and keep the promise to posterity.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=posterity
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Posterity
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=posterity
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posterity