Definitions

prepotency

[pree-poht-n-see] / priˈpoʊt n si /

NOUN

dominance

Synonyms

STRONG

ascendance ascendancy authority command control domination dominion government influence paramountcy power predominance preeminence preponderance rule sovereignty supremacy sway

WEAK

preponderancy prepotence upper hand whip hand

Antonyms

STRONG

impotence incapacity inferiority powerlessness submission subordination subservience surrender weakness yielding

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As Rockefeller’s oil prepotency waned, global production flourished; in a frantically developing industrialized world, oil reserves took on strategic importance.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2013

Moral prepotency of and physical likeness to his father.

From A Zola Dictionary; the Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola; by Patterson, J. G

Wilson, Dr., prepotency of the Manx over the common cat, ii.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

Colin, prepotency of the ass over the horse, ii. 67-68; on cross-breeding, ii.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

Cabbage. affected by pollen of purple bastard. prepotency of other pollen.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles

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