Posterity

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Posterity \Pos*ter"i*ty\, n. [L. posteritas: cf. F.
     post['e]rit['e]. See {Posterior}.]
     1. The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the
        furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who
        are descended from an ancestor of a generation;
        descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the


        posterity of Abraham.
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              If [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. Succeeding generations; future times. --Shak.
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              Their names shall be transmitted to posterity.
                                                    --Shak.
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              Their names shall be transmitted to posterity.
                                                    --Smalridge.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  posterity
       n 1: all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure
            the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"
            [syn: {descendants}]
       2: all future generations

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "posterity":
     aftermath, agnate, ancestry, backup man, blood, blood relation,
     blood relative, brood, children, clansman, cognate, collateral,
     collateral relative, conclusion, connections, consanguinean,
     consequence, descendant, descendants, distaff side,
     distant relation, dynasty, effect, enate, family, flesh,
     flesh and blood, folks, german, heir, heirs, inheritor, issue, kin,
     kindred, kinfolk, kinnery, kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman,
     kith and kin, line, lineage, near relation, next of kin, offspring,
     people, progeniture, progeny, relations, relatives, replacement,
     seed, sequel, sib, sibling, spear kin, spear side, spindle kin,
     spindle side, successor, successors, sword side, tribesman,
     uterine kin
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  POSTERITY, descents. All the descendants of a person in a direct line. 
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  POSTERITY, n.  An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a
  popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure
  competitor.