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posterity
all future generations collectively, especially as inheritors of something
Synonyms
- descendants
- progeny
Antonyms
- ancestors
- forebears
- predecessors
posterity in a sentence
The museum digitized every photograph so future readers would have an unbroken visual record.
Believing the discovery mattered beyond his own lifetime, the scientist recorded every detail carefully for posterity.
Where it comes from
From Latin posterus 'coming after'
Memory hook
POSTER(ity) sounds like POST — those who come after us.
Word parts
- post — after
posterity: post- (after) + -erity (state of)
Read it in context
- A Basin Between Tides Nature