PREVALENCE

n. 1 prevalency, frequency, commonness, currency, universality, ubiquitousness, ubiquity, pervasiveness, omnipresence, extensiveness; predominance, practice, acceptance, popularity The prevalence of disease among the population is distressing 2 sway, control, rule, primacy, ascendancy, mastery, predominance The prevalence of bushido in Japan has diminished little since 1945