posteriority

[ po-steer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-, poh- ]

noun

1. the state or quality of being posterior.

Word History and Origins

Origin of posteriority¹

1350–1400; Middle English pos-teriorite < Medieval Latin posteriōritās. See posterior, -ity

Example Sentences

So now he'll go down to remote posteriority with a shabby Hat, and a old pair of gloves on his table.

From Project Gutenberg

The posteriority of these as we have them need not be too much dwelt upon.

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The twelfth is birth, as a man is begotten of his father; which implies priority and posteriority of time.

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The names of the others are found on linguistic and other tablets, in a connection which rarely enables us to determine anything with respect to their relative priority or posteriority.

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Antonym: posteriority. antecedent, a. anterior, preceding, prior, previous.

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