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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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ECONOMIC
(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”
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