"posterity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɒˈstɛɹɪti/ [UK] Audio: en-us-posterity.ogg [US] Forms: posterities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪti, -ɛɹəti Etymology: Late 14th century, from Middle French posterité, from Latin posteritas, from posterus (“following, coming after”), from post (“after”) (English post-). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|posterité}} Middle French posterité, {{uder|en|la|posteritas}} Latin posteritas, {{m|la|posterus||following, coming after}} posterus (“following, coming after”), {{m|la|post||after}} post (“after”), {{cog|en|post-}} English post- Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} posterity (usually uncountable, plural posterities)
  1. All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Family Related terms: post- Translations (all the future generations): gələcək nəsillər (Azerbaijani), пато́мства (patómstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), пото́мство (potómstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), potomstvo [neuter] (Czech), eftertid [common-gender] (Danish), nageslacht [neuter] (Dutch), jälkipolvet [plural] (Finnish), jälkimaailma [singular] (Finnish), jälkeläiset [plural] (Finnish), postérité [feminine] (French), Nachwelt (note: of humanity at large) [feminine] (German), Nachkommen (note: of a particular person) [plural] (German), utókor (Hungarian), síolradh [masculine] (Irish), posteri [masculine, plural] (Italian), потомство (potomstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), sluight [masculine] (Manx), æftergenġan [masculine, plural] (Old English), آیندگان (âyandegân) (Persian), potomstwo [neuter] (Polish), progenitura [feminine] (Polish), posteridade [feminine] (Portuguese), posteritate [feminine] (Romanian), пото́мство (potómstvo) [neuter] (Russian), по̀то̄мство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pòtōmstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), potomstvo [neuter] (Slovak), potomstvo [neuter] (Slovene), posteridad [feminine] (Spanish), eftervärlden (note: of humanity at large) (Swedish), nesil (Turkish), soy (Turkish), zürriyet (Turkish), пото́мство (potómstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "all the future generations",
      "word": "zürriyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "potómstvo",
      "sense": "all the future generations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пото́мство"
    }
  ],
  "word": "posterity"
}

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