posterity
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- noun
- /pɑːˈstɛrɪti/
- In fact, the posterity value of children has been greatly emphasized in Chinese culture.
- recorded for posterity
- preserved for posterity
- judgment of posterity
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Watch on YouTubeAnd it's the condescension towards posterity that I thought we were trying to get away from as historians.
- And it's the condescension towards posterity that I thought we were trying to get away from as historians.
- It is, moreover, a good way to determine how the very meaning of conservatism itself will be defined for posterity.
- For posterity, Donuts is now Identity Digital.
- I'm not here to teach for history or for posterity.
- But I just feel like life has no good meaning without without thinking of posterity in the future.
- The doggone do wonderful sculpture and put their sculpture often in places for the for posterity.
Examples
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I think another for posterity: this is an important moment in my life.
Fiction book (1996) -
Literature, the most enduring of the arts, rises above the moment, with a view to posterity, upon eternity.
Academic text (1994) -
But I just feel like life has no good meaning without without thinking of posterity in the future.
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And the rest liked the idea that their artist group would be set down for posterity.
Fiction book (1997) -
For that, Major, I will accept the judgment of posterity.
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I know it will record all your poems for posterity.
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The second category of beliefs is related to the posterity value of children.
Academic text (1996) -
For an hour or two, I sit at my desk, describing for posterity the paltry events of our days.
Fiction book (1996) -
Writers used to write for posterity—that is, for people essentially like us in the future.
Academic text (2012) -
Historians often write about significant events to ensure they are remembered by posterity.
Synonyms
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Children or other family members who come from a person
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word posterity comes from the Latin root post- meaning 'after', the same 'post' you see in postpone. So posterity means the people 'coming after' us, our future generations.