Dictionary
pos•ter•i•ty
Pronunciation: (po-ster'i-tē), [key]—
n.
1. succeeding or future generations collectively:
Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
2. all descendants of one person:
His fortune was gradually dissipated by his posterity. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.