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Synonyms for posterity
pɒˈstɛr ɪ tipos·ter·i·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
descendants, posteritynoun
all of the offspring of a given progenitor
"we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"
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descendantsposteritynoun
all future generations
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descendants
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posteritynoun
Synonyms:
descendants, offspring, progeny, after ages, succeeding generations
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| #62313 | futurity |
How to use posterity in a sentence?
That we may live to see England once more possess a free Monarchy and a privileged and prosperous People, is my Prayer; that these great consequences can only be brought about by the energy and devotion of our Youth is my persuasion. We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Heywood Broun, Sitting on the World, 1924:
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.
After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.
The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
Translations for posterity
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- الأجيال القادمةArabic
- potomstvoCzech
- eftertidenDanish
- Nachwelt, NachkommenGerman
- απόγονοιGreek
- posteridadSpanish
- بعداPersian
- jälkeläisetFinnish
- postéritéFrench
- sluightManx
- भावी पीढ़ीHindi
- utókorHungarian
- anak cucuIndonesian
- posteri, posteritàItalian
- הדורות הבאיםHebrew
- 後世Japanese
- 후세Korean
- genusLatin
- nageslachtDutch
- etterNorwegian
- potomstwo, potomkowiePolish
- posteridadePortuguese
- posteritateRomanian
- потомствоRussian
- potomstvoSerbo-Croatian
- efterSwedish
- கவனத்துடன்Tamil
- భావితరములకుTelugu
- ลูกหลานของเราThai
- gelecek kuşaklarTurkish
- нащадкиUkrainian
- نسل پرستیUrdu
- hậu thếVietnamese
- זאמעןYiddish
- 後人Chinese
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