dominance
control; authority; rule; supreme influence.
the condition of being dominant, or having the authority to influence or control.
Psychology. the disposition of an individual to assert control in dealing with others.
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.
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.
Origin of dominance
1- Also dom·i·nan·cy .
Other words from dominance
- non·dom·i·nance, noun
- self-dom·i·nance, noun
Words Nearby dominance
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How to use dominance in a sentence
With the dominance of Google, Facebook and Amazon, the rest are left to pick through the carcass for what remains, and it’s getting even more challenged.
‘Not enough money to go around’: US digital-media publishers curb international expansion | Lucinda Southern | August 26, 2020 | DigidayThere are four apps that seem to be the main potential threats to TikTok’s dominance, each with different audiences, features, and challenges.
A guide to the TikTokish apps that want to be the next TikTok | Abby Ohlheiser | August 6, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewBoldness, aggressiveness, and dominance got catalogued as male.
It seemed the happiest couples differed in terms of dominance, the tendency to take control of the situation.
Your Romantic Ideals Don’t Predict Who Your Future Partner Will Be - Issue 88: Love & Sex | Alice Fleerackers | August 5, 2020 | NautilusFinally, Google will confront queries about its dominance of the search market, digital advertising and favoring its own content and services at the expense of third parties and rivals.
Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook set to preview antitrust defenses before Congress | Greg Sterling | July 28, 2020 | Search Engine Land
Assertions of dominance over the wards, Dr. Edwards, and the other officers are pretty much all she has left.
The Walking Dead’s ‘Crossed’: The Stage Is Now Set for a Bloody, Deadly Midseason Finale | Melissa Leon | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMore than anyone he set the stage for the dazzling dominance of genre narratives in our own time.
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World? | Ted Gioia | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMale-dominance and sexism in video gaming is more evident than ever.
Is ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Immune to GamerGate Misogyny? | David Levesley | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis year, however, Democratic dominance at pounding the pavement might finally be challenged.
Fight Over the Ground Game in Iowa Could Swing the Senate | Ben Jacobs | August 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOthers are drawn to it because of the sense of dominance they think the drink provides.
Principally to ensure military dominance, the conquerors made many main roads, mostly centering in London.
The Towns of Roman Britain | James Oliver BevanBut a raging storm, the sense of the absolute dominance of nature and the littleness of man, always exalted her.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton"So they expect to trap me, these geese and jailers who have temporary dominance over my life," thought he, in scorn.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaThere was no hesitation, no stoppage in their service; under the dominance of mind these passive forces became active auxiliaries.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoMoran was in a dangerous frame of mind, and past the dominance of his employer.
Hidden Gold | Wilder Anthony
British Dictionary definitions for dominance
/ (ˈdɒmɪnəns) /
control; ascendancy
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