posterity
nounfeminine/puʃtɨɾiˈðaðɨ/medium
pos·te·ri·da·de
Definition
All future generations; the distant future.
He left his diaries for posterity.
Their names will be remembered by posterity.
Common collocations
future generationsfor posteritygo down in posterity
Idiomatic expressions
- go down in posterity
Etymology
Do latim 'posteritas, -atis'.