prepotency
prepotency · prepotencies
The quality or condition of being prepotentThe quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
(countable, uncountable)The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
More definitions
- the state of being predominant over others
Forms
plural: prepotencies| Singular | prepotency |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- the state of being predominant over others:predominancepredomination
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable