predominance.

Greater presence, frequency or influence than competing elements in a group or situation.

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Words that belong together

• predominance of a feature
• cultural predominance

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The predominance of one feature did not eliminate the smaller variations.

Cultural predominance changed as the institutions serving the different groups expanded.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: criterion analysis, relative importance, potential and actual distinction, evidence interpretation. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, research and conceptual explanation. Commonness: moderately common.