What does posterity mean?
Definitions for posterity
pɒˈstɛr ɪ tipos·ter·i·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
descendants, posteritynoun
all of the offspring of a given progenitor
"we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"
posteritynoun
all future generations
Wiktionary
posteritynoun
All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
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
Posteritynoun
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
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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
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they help distribute to the public; by which means a falsehood once received from a famed writer becomes traditional to posterity.
That's what matters in posterity. The issue of the moment, the tweet of the moment, pales in comparison to the big policy changes that I really believe are going to make a big difference in people's lives, are going to move us in the right direction, those things completely overshadow the frustrations of the day or of the moment.
Why should I do anything for posterity? What has posterity ever done for me?
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
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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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