dominance

UK/ˈdɒmɪnəns/US/ˈdɑmɪnəns/

nounC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,271 of 15,258leans written

Dominance is power and control over others. Market dominance, establish dominance, the dominance of the party.

In competition law, market dominance is a defined position that brings extra duties, since abusing it is unlawful even where holding it is not. In genetics a dominant gene shows its effect even with only one copy.

Definitions of dominance

1noundominancePower and control over others.C1
“The team's dominance of the league lasted for a whole decade.”

dominance is a power.

Where it comes from

Middle French
dominant
English
dominant
English, today
dominance

From dominant + -ance. dominant Borrowed from Middle French dominant.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

dominance in the wild

The BDSM practice is called female dominance, or femdom.
Dominatrix
An often quoted example of dominance is the inheritance of seed shape in peas.
Dominance (genetics)
Male dominance, or maledom, is a form of dominance and submission in BDSM in which the dominant partner is male.
Male dominance (BDSM)
Male dominance is a recurring theme in BDSM literature and popular culture.
Male dominance (BDSM)
Ocular dominance, sometimes called eye preference or eyedness, is the tendency to prefer visual input from one eye to the other.
Ocular dominance

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Related words

the dominant family

dominant dominance

dominance — used about once every 4,394 pages · #9,271 · point at the bar for the others

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