Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The condition of being posterior in location or time.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being later or subsequent: opposed to priority.
Wiktionary
- n. The condition of being posterior (in any sense)
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state of being later or subsequent; ; -- opposed to
priority .
WordNet 3.0
- n. the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end
- n. following in time
Examples
“I understand that he argues for some form of Matthean posteriority, but I'll have to wait for the book to get the details.”
Did Matthew Know Luke? A Neglected Angle on the Synoptic Problem
“You may be interested to read Jim West's review of "the myth of the lost gospel" which argues for Matthean posteriority.”
Did Matthew Know Luke? A Neglected Angle on the Synoptic Problem
“H.A. Wolfson has presented evidence for A.istotle's recognition of a type of term intermediate between equivocal and univocal terms, some instances of which were characterized by their use according to priority and posteriority.”
“Whether we succeed or not can only be left to posteriority.”
“I like to think that I dedicate myself to the fluff that is worth saving for posteriority, but of course this is just a personal opinion.”
“Let's not forget that Spanish has inherited the following from Classical latin: "The rules tha regulates the verb in the regent clause and in the subordinate one in order to express anteriority, posteriority and contemporaneity; usually the subordinate clause go to subjunctive mood, and there are still present the infinitive clauses in spanish also the accusative dative.”
“Instead, the matter is prior to the composite since it has the property priority with respect to the composite, whereas the composite is posterior to its matter since it has the property posteriority with respect to its matter.”
“Now despite being essentially the same, the matter is not characterized by posteriority, unlike the composite, and the composite is not characterized by priority, unlike the matter.”
“For some things are produced out of each other by combination, others by separation, and this makes the greatest difference to their priority and posteriority.”
“We have stated, then, how matters stand with regard to whole and part, and their priority and posteriority.”
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
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trailingedge's list
Word Depository 08
protolithic, posteriority, squamiform, guillotinings, intransigence, proprioception, undiminished, ungulates, eutrophication, ramblingly, sojourner, blissful ignorance and 26 more...
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gangerh I thought I was making this one up. As in "leaving it to posteriority". Defining it tongue in cheek as 'all past generations'. But it really is a word. Rats. Beaten to it again. Jan 29, 2008