POSTERITY

posterity

(noun) all future generations

descendants, posterity

(noun) all of the offspring of a given progenitor; “we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

posterity (usually uncountable, plural posterities)

All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.

Source: Wiktionary

Pos*ter"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. posteritas: cf. F. postérité. 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. If [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity. Shak.

2. Succeeding generations; future times. Shak. Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. Shak. Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. Smalridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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