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[ noun ] the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
Examples "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future" Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)The expense of_this type of organization in religious life , when one recalls the number of city churches which deteriorated beyond repair before being abandoned , raises fundamental questions about the principle of Protestant survival in a mobile society ; nonetheless , the prevalence of economic integration in congregations illumines the nature of the Protestant development . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
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[ noun ] a superiority in numbers or amount
Synonyms Examples "there is a preponderance of Blacks in our prisons" Related terms |
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