posterity

[ po-ster-i-tee ]
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noun
  1. succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.

  2. all descendants of one person: His fortune was gradually dissipated by his posterity.

Origin of posterity

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English posterite, from Old French postérité, from Latin posteritāt-, stem of posteritās, noun derivative of posterus “coming after”; see posterior, -ity

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posterity

/ (pɒˈstɛrɪtɪ) /


noun
  1. future or succeeding generations

  2. all of one's descendants

Origin of posterity

1
C14: from French postérité, from Latin posteritās future generations, from posterus coming after, from post after

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