how to pronounce posterity

/pɒsˈtɛɹ.ə.ti/

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posterity is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of posterity in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… down through posterity or even just a …”

meanings of posterity

noun:

All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.

posterity frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word posterity occurs in english on average 1.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics posterity can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that posterity can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;