Meanings
nounpredominancy (countable and uncountable, plural predominancies)
plural predominancies
- countableuncountablePredominance.First known use 16th c.
I am not treating of the Predominancy of motions or virtues , but of the Predominancy of parts in bodies
1620, Francis Bacon, Novum Organum
Origin
From predominant + -cy or predominance + -y.
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predominancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predominancy
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“predominancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predominancy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “predominancy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predominancy.
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