posterity

[ po-ster-i-tee ]
/ pɒˈstɛr ɪ ti /

noun

succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
all descendants of one person: His fortune was gradually dissipated by his posterity.

Origin of posterity

1350–1400; Middle English posterite < Latin posteritās, noun derivative of posterus coming after. See posterior, -ity

Words nearby posterity

posterior tibial muscle, posterior tibial vein, posterior vein of left ventricle, posterior vein of septum pellucidum, posteriority, posterity, posterization, postern, postero-, posteroanterior, posteroexternal

Words related to posterities

lineage, brood, family, progeny, breed, offspring, seed, issue, stock, descendants, children, unborn

Example sentences from the Web for posterities

  • Ricardo of the Coxcombe would have some woman 'grave in paper' their 'matchless virtues to posterities.'

    Francis Beaumont: Dramatist |Charles Mills Gayley

  • The answer to this question is, that these different expressions of Moses were so ordered on account of the posterities.

    Commentary on Genesis, Vol. I |Martin Luther

  • Shakespeare's ghost has seen two or three posterities, beautifully at odds.

    A Book of Prefaces |H. L. Mencken

British Dictionary definitions for posterities

posterity
/ (pɒˈstɛrɪtɪ) /

noun

future or succeeding generations
all of one's descendants

Word Origin for posterity

C14: from French postérité, from Latin posteritās future generations, from posterus coming after, from post after