Posterity is a word that derives from Latin, meaning the descendant of one or all future generations. It is most often used in the exclamation, "For posterity's sake!"
Something from his youth which he has not kept for posterity.
Something he did in grammar school, not kept for posterity.
The word "posterity" is a noun.
There are some people who eat, just for the taste of something, even though they are not hungry. Alot of overweight and obese people are like this.
appearance's sakeIt's intended to mean something done for the purpose of appearance; another way of saying it is "the sake of appearance." So it becomes possessive, just like "For God's sake" or "For Pete's sake."The apostrophe is correct but the final s is optional. "Appearance' sake" is favoured by some authorities as the beginning 's' in 'sake' does for both words. I think it looks odd though.
I believe it mean to us and the people around us.
Although most people would associate "sake" as a "rice wine", but in actuality it's brewed more like a beer.
Posterity is a noun.
I believe it mean to us and the people around us.
The reasoning is this: what is being talked about is something (it's sake) that belongs to your conscience. It is therefore that which belongs to your conscience - possessive - and it becomes conscience's sake.
Forefathers means the people who created something in the past. If you're looking for a word that means someone who will create something in the future, a good word is "posterity." If you're looking for a word that means someone who destroyed something in the past, a couple of choices are "destroyer" or "scourge."