posthumous
/ˈpɑs.t͡ʃə.məs/ adjectif C1En français : posthume
- After the death of someone.
- Taking place after one's own death. · Artists obscure during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy.
- In reference to a work, published after the author's death. · His memoirs were his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive.
- In reference to a musical opus, published or initially performed after the composer's death.
- Born after the death of one's father. · Posthumous orphans never even knew their fathers.
Dans la bibliothèque
A posthumous jealousy, we will say.
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