Reputation or recognition that comes to someone after their death, or the continuation of someone's fame or legacy after they're gone.
From 'after' plus 'fame' (from Old French fame, from Latin fama, meaning 'rumor or reputation'). Literary and historical term used to describe posthumous reputation.
Van Gogh sold one painting while alive but achieved massive afterfame, proving that sometimes history needs distance to see genius—a cruel irony built into how art and culture work.
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