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

Princeton's WordNet(2.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. descendants, posterity(noun)

   all of the offspring of a given progenitor

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

2. posterity(noun)

   all future generations

Wiktionary(3.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. posterity(Noun)

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

Webster Dictionary(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

2. Posterity(noun)

   succeeding generations; future times

Origin: [L. posteritas: cf. F. postrit. See Posterior.]

Editors Contribution(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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  

How to pronounce posterity?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Tacitus:

   Posterity gives every man his true value.

2. Cometan:

   He be, not here for I, but for posterity.

3. Heywood Broun, Sitting on the World, 1924:

   Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.

4. Heywood Broun:

   Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.

5. Benjamin Disraeli:

   The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

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