predominance

[ pri-dom-uh-nuh ns ]

/ prɪˈdɒm ə nəns /

the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.

Sometimes pre·dom·i·nan·cy.

Origin of predominance

First recorded in 1595–1605; predomin(ant) + -ance

Perhaps the predominance of single mothers as opposed to single fathers is also a result of social expectations.

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The aristocracy's old claim for predominance in the state was abruptly discredited.

Persian Fire and Rubicon (Full) |David Frum |September 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The first of these was characterized by the predominance of Renaissance factors over those which were more properly plateresque.

A History of Spain |Charles E. Chapman
The presence of mucus or of mucus tinged with blood in the stools shows the predominance of colitis.

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Indeed, he may even, if he is of a very mean nature indeed, resent the spectacle of her own predominance.

Modern Women and What is Said of Them |Anonymous
Of course there was in the Society a predominance of gentlemen of means and leisure, "free and unconfined."

An Introduction to the History of Science |Walter Libby
And cannot our fraternity in an hundred instances give proof of the like predominance of vice over virtue?

Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) |Samuel Richardson