noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the state of being predominant over others wordnet
3. 3
   The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

predominanceaccomplishmentamperagearmipotenceascendanceascendancy

Etymology

From pre- + potency.

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