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1 ( future generations) postérité f ; to go down to posterity as passer à la postérité en tant que ; -
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posterity [pɒ'sterətɪ]postérité f;∎ for posterity pour la postérité;∎ to go down in or to posterity entrer dans la postérité ou l'histoire
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