Preponderating in a sentence as an adjective

The preponderating inclination, however, to deal with the similar as the equal — an illogical inclination, for there is nothing [100%] equal to another — created the whole basis of logic.

By throwing the preponderating weight of commercialism into the scales of production, advertising is at the present moment by far the greatest menace to the disinterested practice of a profession upon which the diffusion of intelligence most largely depends.

Preponderating definitions

adjective

having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

See also: overriding paramount predominant predominate preponderant