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power's quiet flex — not the loudest in the room, just the one everyone orbits.
means The state of being the most numerous, powerful, or influential element in a group or situation.
from From Latin 'prae-' (before, ahead) plus 'dominari' (to rule, to be master), itself from 'dominus,' the lord or master of a household — the one who held sway over everyone under his roof. So 'predominance' carries the literal sense of ruling ahead of all the rest. It reached English through the medieval Latin 'praedominari' and Old French, settling into the language by the 1500s.
- latin root
- From dominari, to rule — same DNA as dominate
- not majority
- Can mean influence, not just bigger numbers
- science use
- Ecologists rank species by which dominates the landscape
- subtle cousin
- Prevalence counts; predominance commands