Posterity

Definitions

1. All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.
   uncountable, usually
2. Future audiences, future times, future recognition.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“The original family who had begun to build⟳ a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put⟳ up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure⟳ which had come⟳ down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise⟳ rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.”

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