Synonyms for posterity
pɒˈstɛr ɪ tipos·ter·i·ty

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1. posterity

   Synonyms:
   futurity

   Antonyms:
   ancestry

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1. descendants, posteritynoun

   all of the offspring of a given progenitor

   "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

   Synonyms:
   descendants

2. posteritynoun

   all future generations

   Synonyms:
   descendants

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1. • Biological Group
   • Generation

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1. posteritynoun

   Synonyms:
   descendants, offspring, progeny, after ages, succeeding generations

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1. Joseph Addison:

   Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

2. Harold J. Seymore:

   Leaders are the ones who keep faith with the past, keep step with the present and keep the promise to posterity.

3. Benjamin Disraeli:

   We live in an age when to be young and indifferent can no longer be 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.

4. Joseph Addison:

   'We are always doing', says he, 'something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us.

5. Paul Ryan:

   That's what matters in posterity. The issue of the moment, the tweet of the moment, pales in comparison to the big policy changes that I really believe are going to make a big difference in people's lives, are going to move us in the right direction, those things completely overshadow the frustrations of the day or of the moment.