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posterities

posterities is the plural of posterity.

Meaning of posterity

Noun

posterity (usually uncountable, plural posterities)

  1. (usually) All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.
    • That woman foretold and inflicted a singular disease on Sigvard and his posterity till the ninth generation, and several of his descendants are to this day afflicted with it.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 252
  2. (usually, transferred sense, almost always preceded by for) Future audiences, future times, future recognition.

Questions about posterities

What is posterities the plural of?
Posterities is the plural of posterity.

Words near posterities in the dictionary

  1. posterishness
  2. posterising
  3. posterist
  4. posterists
  5. posteritie
  6. posterities
  7. posterity
  8. posterization
  9. posterizations
  10. posterize
  11. posterized

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