1. posthumous - Adjective
2. posthumous - Adjective Satellite
Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter.
Published after the death of the author; as, posthumous works; a posthumous edition.
Being or continuing after one's death; as, a posthumous reputation.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOne must be a living man and a posthumous artist. Jean Cocteau
When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing. Tennessee Williams
Ironically, Henry James' biography comforts me & I long to make known to him his posthumous reputation - he wrote, in pain, gave all his life (which is more than I could think of doing - I have Ted, will have children - but few friends) & the critics insulted & mocked him, readers didn't read him. Sylvia Plath
Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing. Charles Caleb Colton
I have a habitual feeling of my real life having past, and that I am now leading a posthumous existence. John Keats
It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous. Gloria Steinem