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English to English noun
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all of the offspring of a given progenitor |  | Example: we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity
source: wordnet30
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all future generations | | source: wordnet30
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The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham. | | source: webster1913
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