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

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Princeton's WordNet

  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

Wiktionary

  1. posteritynoun

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  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.

Webster Dictionary

  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 Contribution

  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  

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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. Jorge Luis Borges:

    The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.

  2. Benjamin Disraeli:

    The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

  3. Groucho Marx:

    Why should I do anything for posterity? What has posterity ever done for me?

  4. Benjamin Disraeli:

    We live in an age when to be young and indifferent can no longer be 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.

  5. George Ade:

    After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.

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