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preponderant

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pre·pon·der·ant  (pr-pndr-nt)
adj.
Having superior weight, force, importance, or influence. See Synonyms at dominant.
pre·ponder·ant·ly adv.
preponderant [prɪˈpɒndərənt]
adj
greater in weight, force, influence, etc.
preponderance , preponderancy n
preponderantly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.preponderant - having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
overriding, paramount, predominate, preponderating, predominant
dominant - exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"
Translations
preponderant [prɪˈpɒndərənt] ADJ → preponderante, predominante
preponderant
adj → überwiegend
preponderant [prɪˈpɒnd/ər/ənt] adj → preponderante
preponderant [prɪˈpɒnd/ər/ənt] adj → preponderante


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Middlemarch' (1872), which is perhaps her masterpiece, it seems to some critics decidedly too preponderant, giving to her novels too much the atmosphere of psychological text-books; and along with it goes much introduction of the actual facts of nineteenth century science.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
And it is in fresh water that we find seven genera of Ganoid fishes, remnants of a once preponderant order: and in fresh water we find some of the most anomalous forms now known in the world, as the Ornithorhynchus and Lepidosiren, which, like fossils, connect to a certain extent orders now widely separated in the natural scale.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
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