POSTERITY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Posterity has referred to all future generations in a general sense since the 16th century When it was first used in the 14th century, however, posterity referred to all of someone’s offspring, down to the furthest generation
posterity, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary As a mass noun: all future generations of people collectively, esp regarded as the beneficiaries of a particular inheritance, tradition, culture, etc for (also †in) posterity: for (the sake or good of) future generations; for the future
posterity - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Noun posterity (usually uncountable, plural posterities) All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person
posterity - WordReference. com Dictionary of English pos•ter•i•ty (po ster′ i tē), n succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity all descendants of one person: His fortune was gradually dissipated by his posterity