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anterity.

All the past generations, especially the ancestors of a specific person.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. All the past generations, especially the ancestors of a specific person.

    rare · uncountable
Where this word comes from

By analogy with posterity, replacing post- with ante-. By surface analysis, anter- + -i- + -ty.

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