predominance

/prɪˈdɑmənəns/

Other forms: predominances

Use the noun predominance to describe whatever is most noticeable, like the predominance of a gigantic television screen in a small living room.

When you notice that the word dominance makes up a big chunk of predominance, it won’t surprise you to learn that predominance is used to say that something exerts a strong influence and dominates. Sometimes that influence comes because of sheer numbers, such as a predominance of women in the teaching profession, but it can also result from superior power, such as a nation’s military predominance.

Definitions of predominance

1. noun

   the quality of being more noticeable than anything else
   synonyms: predomination

   type of:

   noticeability, noticeableness, obviousness, patency

   the property of being easy to see and understand
2. noun

   the state of being predominant over others
   synonyms: predomination, prepotency

   type of:

   ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance

   the state that exists when one person or group has power over another