vallitsevat

Vallitsevat is a Finnish adjective form meaning "prevailing" or "dominant." It is the plural nominative form of the participial adjective vallitseva, used to describe multiple items that are prevailing in a given context. The word is related to valta, power or dominance, and the -va participle suffix indicates a state or characteristic that is current or ongoing.

Common usage includes describing conditions, trends, or cultural elements that hold sway in a particular situation. For example, vallitsevat olosuhteet means the prevailing conditions, vallitsevat trendit means the prevailing trends, and vallitseva kulttuuri refers to the dominant culture. In academic, political, and media writing, vallitsevat signals widespread influence or consensus and is typically neutral, though its tone may be evaluative depending on context.

Inflection and grammar: as with other Finnish adjectives, vallitseva agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. For instance, vallitsevat olosuhteet is plural nominative, while vallitsevan olosuhteen is singular genitive. It can also appear in other cases and in compound expressions, such as vallitsevia kulttuureita (partitive plural) or vallitsevien trendien (genitive plural), depending on the sentence structure.

See also: prevailing, dominant, cultural hegemony. In usage, vallitsevat can convey neutral descriptive meaning or imply a evaluative judgment about which phenomena are most influential within a given domain.