predominance

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
predominance
    n 1: the state of being predominant over others [syn:
         {predominance}, {predomination}, {prepotency}]
    2: the quality of being more noticeable than anything else; "the
       predomination of blues gave the painting a quiet tone" [syn:
       {predomination}, {predominance}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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

    

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