Meaning of POSTERIORITY
| Pronunciation: | | pâ`steeuri'âreetee
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- [n] following in time
- [n] the quality of being toward the back or (in quadrupeds) toward the rear end
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| | Synonyms: | | subsequence, subsequentness |
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| | Antonyms: | | antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority | | |
| | See Also: | | lateness, position, spatial relation | |
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| | Definition: | | \Pos*te`ri*or"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
post['e]riorit['e].]
The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of
time, or of an event; -- opposed to {priority}.
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| | Related Terms: | | aftertime, afteryears, by-and-by, coming after, consecution, consecutiveness, continuation, continuity, course ahead, crystal ball, descent, determinism, distant future, eventuality, expectation, extension, following, foresight, forward look, future, future tense, futurism, futurity, hereafter, immediate future, immediate prospect, imminence, line, lineage, logical sequence, near future, offing, order, order of succession, outlook, postposition, prediction, probability, procession, progression, project, prolongation, prophecy, prospect, rotation, sequence, series, subjunction, succession, successiveness, suffixation, the future, the morrow, the sweet by-and-by, time ahead, time just ahead, time to come, tomorrow |
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