Meaning & use
posterity
Future generations of people, considered collectively.
See it in a sentence
The letters were preserved for posterity in the national archive.
She kept a detailed diary, hoping it would matter to posterity someday.
A note on using this word
Often paired with 'for,' as in 'preserve for posterity,' to describe something saved or done with future generations in mind.
Words with a similar meaning
descendantsfuture generations
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Words with an opposite meaning
ancestors
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