Preponderance
(noun)
- The fact of being greater in importance, influence, or power.
- The fact of being greater in quantity or number.
- A superiority in weight.
Origin:
Late middle english, from old french preponderance, from latin praeponderantia, from praeponderare to outweigh.
Examples:
- The preponderance of evidence suggests that he is guilty.
- She has a preponderance of experience in this field.
- The preponderance of her work has been focused on rural areas.
- There is a preponderance of men in this department.
- The preponderance of these books are about the war.