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POSTERIORITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Following in time
Synonyms:
posteriority; subsequence; subsequentness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("posteriority" is a kind of...):
lateness (quality of coming late or later in time)
Antonym:
priority (preceding in time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("posteriority" is a kind of...):
position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)
Domain category:
quadruped (an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking)
Antonym:
anteriority (the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head)
Derivation:
posterior (located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure)
