dominance
noun
1 dominance
2 dominance
The state that exists when one person or group has power over another:
— Her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her.
synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control.
Roget 175: influence; importance etc. 642; weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway; predominance, predominancy†; ascendency†; dominance, reign; ... show more
Dutch: overhand, suprematie, hegemonie, dominantie, heerschappij, machtsoverwicht, overwicht, predominantie, preponderantie
Polish: górowanie, dominowanie, przeważanie
3 dominance
The organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not.
Dutch: dominantie
4 dominance
The power or right to give orders or make decisions.
synonyms: authorisation, authority, authorization, potency, say-so.
Dutch: autoriteit, bevoegdheid, gezag
Moby thesaurus: ascendance, ascendancy, authority, balance of power, charisma, charm, clout, consequence, control, credit, dominancy, domination, dominion, effect, eminence, eminent domain, enchantment, esteem, favor, force ... show more.
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