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predominance

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pre·dom·i·nance  (pr-dm-nns) also pre·dom·i·nan·cy (-nn-s)
n.
The state or quality of being predominant; preponderance.
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Noun1.predominance - the state of being predominant over others
predomination, prepotency
ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
2.predominance - the quality of being more noticeable than anything else; "the predomination of blues gave the painting a quiet tone"
predomination
noticeability, noticeableness, obviousness, patency - the property of being easy to see and understand
predominance
noun 1. prevalence, weight, preponderance, greater number
2. dominance, hold, control, edge, leadership, sway, supremacy, mastery, dominion, upper hand, ascendancy, paramountcy
Translations
predominance [prɪˈdɔmɪnəns] n → predominio
predominance [prɪˈdɔmɪnəns] n → prédominance f
predominance [prɪˈdɔmɪnəns] n → Vorherrschaft f
predominance [prɪˈdɔmɪnəns] n → predominanza


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Sir James had no idea that he should ever like to put down the predominance of this handsome girl, in whose cleverness he delighted.
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Darcy; or at least, by the predominance of virtue, atone for those casual errors under which she would endeavour to class what Mr.
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This power cannot be based on the predominance of moral strength, for, not to mention heroes such as Napoleon about whose moral qualities opinions differ widely, history shows us that neither a Louis XI nor a Metternich, who ruled over millions of people, had any particular moral qualities, but on the contrary were generally morally weaker than any of the millions they ruled over.
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