PREDOMINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does predomination mean? 

• PREDOMINATION (noun)
  The noun PREDOMINATION has 2 senses:

1. the state of being predominant over others

2. the quality of being more noticeable than anything else

  Familiarity information: PREDOMINATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREDOMINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being predominant over others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

predominance; predomination; prepotency

Hypernyms ("predomination" is a kind of...):

ascendance; ascendancy; ascendence; ascendency; control; dominance (the state that exists when one person or group has power over another)

Derivation:

predominate (be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being more noticeable than anything else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

predominance; predomination

Context example:

the predomination of blues gave the painting a quiet tone

Hypernyms ("predomination" is a kind of...):

noticeability; noticeableness; obviousness; patency (the property of being easy to see and understand)

Derivation:

predominate (appear very large or occupy a commanding position)