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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predominance |
| Synonyms: | currency, pervasiveness, popularity, preponderance, ubiquity, vogue |
| Main Entry: | ascendancy/ascendency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domination |
| Synonyms: | advantage, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion, edge, influence, jump*, leg up, mastery, on top, power, predominance, preeminence, prepotence, prevalence, reign, rule, sovereignty, superiority, supremacy, sway, upper hand, whip hand |
| Antonyms: | decline, inferiority, powerlessness, subordination |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fashion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attitude, manner |
| Synonyms: | convention, custom, demeanor, device, etiquette, form, formality, formula, guise, method, mode, modus operandi, mores, observance, order, practice, precedent, prescription, prevalence, procedure, sort, style, system, technique, tendency, tone, trend, usage, vein, vogue, way |
| Main Entry: | frequency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonness, repetitiveness |
| Synonyms: | abundance, beat, constancy, density, frequentness, iteration, number, oscillation, periodicity, persistence, prevalence, pulsation, recurrence, regularity, reiteration, repetition, rhythm |
| Notes: | a single to-and-fro movement of an air particle is called a cycle and the number of cycles that occur in a second is known as the frequency of a sound |
| Antonyms: | infrequency, irregularity, uncommonness |
| Main Entry: | popularity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recognition, celebrity |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acclaim, adoration, approval, currency, demand, esteem, fame, fashion, fashionableness, favor, following, heyday, idolization, lionization, prevalence, regard, renown, reputation, repute, universality, vogue |
| Antonyms: | dislike, unpopularity |
| Main Entry: | preponderance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great numbers; supremacy |
| Synonyms: | advantage, ascendancy, bigger half, bulk, command, dominance, domination, dominion, extensiveness, greater part, lion's share, mass, max, mostest, power, predominance, prevalence, superiority, sway, weight |
| Antonyms: | inferiority |
| Main Entry: | superiority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, predominance |
| Synonyms: | ahead, ascendancy, authority, better, bulge, dominance, edge, eminence, excellence, influence, lead, meliority, nobility, perfection, position, power, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prestige, prevalence, pull, rank, spark, supremacy, top, transcendence, upper hand, vantage, victory, whip hand |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, inferiority, subservience |
| Main Entry: | vogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fashion; current practice |
| Synonyms: | chic, craze*, currency, custom, dernier cri, fad*, fashionableness, favor, in thing, last word, latest, mode, popularity, practice, prevalence, rage*, style, stylishness, thing*, trend, usage, use, way |
| Antonyms: | disuse, out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence |
| Synonyms: | commonness, degree, drift, extent, frequency, measure, number, percentage, prevalence, proportion, rate, scope, tendency, trend |
| Notes: | the primary meaning of incident is that of occurrence or event; the primary meaning of incidence is that of the rate or number of times at which something occurs |
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