All 3 Uses of
posterity
in
1984, by Orwell
- They were executed, and their fate was recorded in the Party histories, a warning to posterity.†
p. 77.9 *
- You must stop imagining that posterity will vindicate you, Winston.†
p. 254.6
- Posterity will never hear of you.†
p. 254.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(posterity) all future generations
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, posterity can refer to the future generations descended from an individual.