Literary notes about Predominate (AI summary)
The term "predominate" is used to signify that one quality, element, or group asserts a superior, often overwhelming, presence within a context. In literature, it frequently appears in descriptions of both sensory and conceptual dominance. For instance, it characterizes the prominent visual quality in artistic compositions, such as when certain colors or patterns are noted to predominate in a work [1, 2], as well as in the portrayal of abstract qualities like sentiment or character traits that are most noticeable among alternatives [3, 4]. It is also employed in broader discourses, indicating when specific ideas or forces take precedence, whether in cultural debates, political discussions, or natural phenomena [5, 6, 7]. This versatile usage makes "predominate" a valuable term for conveying the sense of a prevailing or dominating influence in a wide array of literary contexts [8, 9].
- The patterns are largely geometric; the tones of colour, in which clear red, blue, green, and yellow predominate, are strong.
— from Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern by W. A. (Walter Augustus) Hawley - Up to this point the subject is subdued, but the colours lively and pure—among which blue and carmine predominate—gleam with particular splendour."
— from Fra Angelico by I. B. (Igino Benvenuto) Supino - And the deeper he went in domesticity the more did the sense of acquitting himself and acting with propriety predominate over any other satisfaction.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - In character, also, the moral and intellectual faculties will predominate.
— from The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by O. S. (Orson Squire) Fowler - At what precise period the speculative began to predominate over the operative element of the society, it is impossible to say.
— from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey - The number of women will often predominate, and more voices are given to the "firsts" than to the "seconds".
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - All the causes which make the love of worldly welfare predominate in the heart of man are favorable to the growth of commerce and manufactures.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville - In photography, as in all good art, the human element must predominate."
— from Old Calabria by Norman Douglas - In Ronsard's time that rougher element seemed likely to predominate.
— from The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater
