Associations to the word «Prepotency»

Wiktionary

PREPOTENCY, noun. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
PREPOTENCY, noun. (biology) 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.

Dictionary definition

PREPOTENCY, noun. The state of being predominant over others.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke