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dom⋅i⋅nance

  [dom-uh-nuhns]
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–noun
1. rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
2. the condition of being dominant.
3. Psychology. the disposition of an individual to assert control in dealing with others.
4. Animal Behavior. high status in a social group, usually acquired as the result of aggression, that involves the tendency to take priority in access to limited resources, as food, mates, or space.
5. Neurology. the normal tendency for one side of the brain to be more important than the other in controlling certain functions, as speech and language.
Also, dom⋅i⋅nan⋅cy.

Origin:
1810–20; domin(ant) + -ance
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dom·i·nance   (dŏm'ə-nəns)   
n.  The condition or fact of being dominant.
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Main Entry: dom·i·nance
Pronunciation: 'däm(-&)-n&n(t)s
Function: noun
: the fact or state of being dominant: as a : the relative position of an individual in a social hierarchy —compare PECKING ORDER b : the property of one of a pair of alleles or traits that suppresses expression of the other in the heterozygous condition c : functional asymmetry between a pair of bodily structures(as the right and left hands)
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dominance dom·i·nance (dŏm'ə-nəns)
n.
The condition or state of being dominant.

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