posteriority

[po-steer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-, poh-]

noun

the state or quality of being posterior.

Origin of posteriority

1350–1400; Middle English pos-teriorite < Medieval Latin posteriōritās. See posterior, -ity

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Examples from the Web for posteriority

Historical Examples of posteriority

The posteriority of these as we have them need not be too much dwelt upon.
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory
George Saintsbury
Von Buch first announced, in 1813, the discovery of its posteriority in date to limestones containing orthocerata and trilobites.
A Manual of Elementary Geology
Charles Lyell.
How could she contain priority, posteriority, or more or less duration of time?
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3
Plotinos (Plotinus)
More even than number, extension (which is continuous quantity), shows the characteristics of compositeness, and of posteriority.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3
Plotinos (Plotinus)
On the other hand, anteriority and posteriority exist in dimension as well as in numbers.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3
Plotinos (Plotinus)

Word Origin and History for posteriority

late 14c., "state of being behind," from Old French posteriorite (Modern French postériorité), from Medieval Latin posterioritatem (nominative posterioritas), from Latin posterior "later" (see posterior (adj.)).