Meaning

After the death of someone..

Definitions by Sense

1. After the death of someone.
2. Taking place after one's own death.
3. In reference to a work, published after the author's death.
4. In reference to a musical opus, published or initially performed after the composer's death.
5. (originally) Born after the death of one's father.

Example Sentences

The most favorable posthumous history the stay-at-home traitor can hope for is—oblivion.

Artists obscure during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy.

His memoirs were his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive.

Eight posthumous albums have been released to date – two more than the man managed in his lifetime – often with conspiracy-baiting titles such as Still I Rise and Tupac Resurrection.

Posthumous orphans never even knew their fathers.

Word Forms

• post-humous
• postumous

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