What is "posteriority"

Posteriority \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.

late 14c., "state of being behind," from Old French posteriorite (Modern French postériorité), from Medieval Latin posterioritatem (nominative posterioritas), from Latin posterior "later" (see posterior (adj.)).

n. The condition of being posterior (in any sense)

1. n. the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end [ant: anteriority]

2. following in time [syn: subsequentness, subsequence] [ant: priority]