posteriority

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

/ pɒˌstɪər iˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr-, poʊ- /

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noun

the state or quality of being posterior.

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Origin of posteriority

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

Words nearby posteriority

posterior focal point, posterior funiculus, posterior horn, posterior intercostal vein, posterior interosseous nerve, posteriority, posterior labial nerve, posterior labial vein, posterior lacrimal crest, posterior lateral nasal artery, posterior limiting ring

How to use posteriority in a sentence

More even than number, extension (which is continuous quantity), shows the characteristics of compositeness, and of posteriority.
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On the other hand, anteriority and posteriority exist in dimension as well as in numbers.
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If movement exist along with the priority and posteriority which relate thereto, why will we not have time without number?
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What is called priority is time that ends with the present; what is called posteriority, is the time that begins at the present.
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Before priority and posteriority, time, which did not yet exist, brooded within existence itself.
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