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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

Limnanthes douglasii. measurements. early flowering of crossed. seeds. highly self-fertile. prepotency of other pollen.

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

Beta vulgaris. measurements. crossed not exceeded by self-fertilised. prepotency of other pollen.

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

The chromosomes transmit the physical bases of heredity from one generation to the next, and the heritages from the two parents are equal except in cases of prepotency.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

Thirdly, prepotency of transmission, which may be confined to one sex, or be common to both sexes of the prepotent form.

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

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.