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Definitions for posteriority
-ˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr-pos·te·ri·or·i·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. posterioritynoun

    the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end

  2. posteriority, subsequentness, subsequencenoun

    following in time

Wiktionary

  1. posterioritynoun

    The condition of being posterior (in any sense)

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Posterioritynoun

    The state of being after; opposite to priority.

    Etymology: posteriorité, Fr. from posterior.

    Although the condition of sex and posteriority of creation might extenuate the error of a woman, yet it was unexcusable in the man. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

    There must be a posteriority in time of every compounded body, to these more simple bodies out of which it is constituted. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

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  1. posteriority

    Posteriority generally refers to being situated behind, to the back, or coming after or later in time or sequence. It is the condition or state of being subsequent, or following something else. It can also be used in philosophical contexts to discuss cause-and-effect relationships.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Posterioritynoun

    the state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. postriorit.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of posteriority in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of posteriority in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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    one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action
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