PREDOM'INANCE PREDOM'INANCY, noun [See Predominant.] 1. Prevalence over others; superiority in strength, power, influence or authority; ascendancy; as the predominance of a red color in a body of various colors; the predominance of love or anger among the passions; the predominance of self-interest over all other considerations; the predominance of imperial authority in the confederacy. 2. In astrology, the superior influence of a planet.
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