What does posterity mean?
Definitions for posterity
pɒˈstɛr ɪ tipos·ter·i·ty
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word posterity.
Princeton's WordNet
descendants, posterity(noun)
all of the offspring of a given progenitor
"we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"
posterity(noun)
all future generations
Wiktionary
posterity(Noun)
All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.
Webster Dictionary
Posterity(noun)
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
Etymology: [L. posteritas: cf. F. postrit. See Posterior.]
Posterity(noun)
succeeding generations; future times
Etymology: [L. posteritas: cf. F. postrit. See Posterior.]
Editors Contribution
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
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of posterity in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of posterity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of posterity in a Sentence
Is it not the glory of the people of America, that, whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and other nations, they have not suffered a blind veneration for antiquity, for custom, or for names, to overrule the suggestions of their own good sense, the knowledge of their own situation, and the lessons of their own experience? To this manly spirit, posterity will be indebted for the possession, and the world for the example, of the numerous innovations displayed on the American theatre, in favor of private rights and public happiness.
Greatness is not reserved for certain group of persons. I mean, every human can achieve Greatness. For, the seed of Greatness is right inside everyone already. Yes! all you've got to do is just to discover why you are here (on earth) i.e. your God-given destiny and then strive to fulfill it (your God-given destiny) even against all odds. In case you don't know, you were not born just to exist, then die someday and be forgotten so soon. No not at all. Now listen up, you were born to influence the world positively and as well, to leave your footprints behind for the posterity ahead. Oh! yes, that's just why you are here (on earth). Take note of that, anyway. ~Emeasoba George
He be, not here for I, but for posterity.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
I'm assigned to globally and positively impact lives and to be a wonder to the world and eventually to be celebrated globally, even by the posterity ahead. -Emeasoba George
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- الأجيال القادمةArabic
- potomstvoCzech
- eftertidenDanish
- Nachwelt, NachkommenGerman
- απόγονοιGreek
- posteridadSpanish
- بعداPersian
- jälkeläisetFinnish
- postéritéFrench
- sluightManx
- भावी पीढ़ीHindi
- utókorHungarian
- anak cucuIndonesian
- posteri, posteritàItalian
- הדורות הבאיםHebrew
- 後世Japanese
- 후세Korean
- genusLatin
- nageslachtDutch
- etterNorwegian
- potomstwo, potomkowiePolish
- posteridadePortuguese
- posteritateRomanian
- потомствоRussian
- potomstvoSerbo-Croatian
- efterSwedish
- கவனத்துடன்Tamil
- భావితరములకుTelugu
- ลูกหลานของเราThai
- gelecek kuşaklarTurkish
- нащадкиUkrainian
- نسل پرستیUrdu
- hậu thếVietnamese
- זאמעןYiddish
- 後人Chinese
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