Predominance

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Predominance \Pre*dom"i*nance\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]dominance.]
     1. The quality or state of being predominant; superiority;
        ascendency; prevalence; predomination.
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              The predominance of conscience over interest.


                                                    --South.
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     2. (Astrol.) The superior influence of a planet. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  predominance
       n 1: the state of being predominant over others [syn: {predomination}]
       2: the quality of being more noticeable than anything else;
          "the predomination of blues gave the painting a quiet
          tone" [syn: {predomination}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "predominance":
     accomplishment, advantage, ascendance, ascendancy, authority,
     balance of power, charisma, charm, clout, consequence, control,
     credit, deanship, dominance, dominancy, domination, dominion,
     effect, eminence, eminent domain, enchantment, esteem, excellence,
     favor, force, good feeling, greatness, hegemony, hold, importance,
     incidental power, incomparability, influence, influentiality,
     inimitability, insinuation, lead, leadership, leverage, magnetism,
     majority, mastery, moment, one-upmanship, overlordship,
     personality, persuasion, potency, power, precedence, predominancy,
     predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency,
     prerogative, pressure, prestige, primacy, principality, priority,
     privilege, purchase, reign, repute, right-of-way, rule, say,
     seniority, skill, sovereignty, suasion, subtle influence, success,
     suggestion, superiority, supremacy, suzerainship, suzerainty, sway,
     transcendence, transcendency, upper hand, virtuosity, weight,
     whip hand