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Posterity

Posterity Meaning & Definition
Posterity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Posterity?

[n] all future generations
[n] all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Posterity: descendants

Related Terms | Find terms related to Posterity: aftermath | agnate | ancestry | backup man | blood | blood relation | blood relative | brood | children | clansman | cognate | collateral | collateral relative | conclusion | connections | consanguinean | consequence | descendant | descendants | distaff side | distant relation | dynasty | effect | enate | family | flesh | flesh and blood | folks | german | heir | heirs | inheritor | issue | kin | kindred | kinfolk | kinnery | kinsfolk | kinsman | kinsmen | kinswoman | kith and kin | line | lineage | near relation | next of kin | offspring | people | progeniture | progeny | relations | relatives | replacement | seed | sequel | sib | sibling | spear kin | spear side | spindle kin | spindle side | successor | successors | sword side | tribesman | uterine kin

See Also | biological group | generation

Posterity In Webster's Dictionary

\Pos*ter"i*ty\, n. [L. posteritas: cf. F. post['e]rit['e]. See {Posterior}.] 1. 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. If [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity. --Shak. 2. Succeeding generations; future times. --Shak. Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. --Shak. Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. --Smalridge.

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