posterity

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
14
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/pɒˈstɛɹɪti/ (UK)

Definition of posterity

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.
    “That woman foretold and inflicted a singular disease on Sigvard and his posterity till the ninth generation, and several of his descendants are to this day afflicted with it.”
    “The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.
    “That woman foretold and inflicted a singular disease on Sigvard and his posterity till the ninth generation, and several of his descendants are to this day afflicted with it.”
    “The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.”
  2. (uncountable, usually)Future audiences, future times, future recognition.

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Etymology

Late 14th century, from Middle French posterité, from Latin posteritas, from posterus (“following, coming after”), from post (“after”) (English post-).

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