prepotency

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noun

The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.

Similar
predominancepredomination
OriginEnglish potency ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

nounprepotency (countable and uncountable, plural prepotencies)

plural prepotencies

  1. countableuncountableThe quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
  2. countableuncountablebiologyThe 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe state of being predominant over others

Similar
predominancepredomination
Broader
dominanceascendanceascendence
Also see
predominancepredomination

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishpotency
  10. Englishprepotency

From pre- + potency.

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Cite this entry
APA

prepotency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepotency

MLA

“prepotency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepotency. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prepotency,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepotency.

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