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   posterity

   /pɒˈstɛrɪti/

   noun

   • 1. all future generations of people: "the victims' names are recorded for posterity" Similar future generationssucceeding generationsthose who come after usthe future
   • ▪ the descendants of a person: "God offered Abraham a posterity like the stars of heaven" Similar descendantsheirssuccessorsoffspringchildrenfamilyprogenyscionsissuearchaic:seed

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French posterite, from Latin posteritas, from posterus ‘following’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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