Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The condition or fact of being dominant.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • noun In biology, the visible manifestation by a cross-bred organism and by some of its descendants of one or two mutually antagonistic parental characters to the exclusion of the other.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Predominance; ascendency; authority.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
  • noun Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
  • noun The superior development or preference for one side of the body or of one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
  • noun The property of a gene such that it supresses the expression of its allele.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 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
  • noun superior development of one side of the body
  • noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
  • noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions

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Examples

  • Their complaints have centred on under-representation and what they called the dominance of the Iranian-backed Shia.

    The Iraqi government's patchwork alliance may struggle to survive | Ranj Alaaldin 2010

  • Through systematic replacement of pride and dignity with guilt and insecurity, long term dominance is maintained.

    Contemplating Big Sister | FactoryCity 2007

  • Ruderman wants to "cement" what she calls her "dominance" on the money front.

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News 2011

  • Their complaints have centred on under-representation and what they called the dominance of the Iranian-backed

    The Guardian World News Ranj Alaaldin 2010

  • Anyone who thinks that non-Whites will favor dropping AA policies upon gaining demographic dominance is delusional. elliott

    Sotomayor: Congress must take lead on affirmative action 2009

  • Firstly, the era of North American and European scientific dominance is ending, with fundamental implications not just for the global economy but also geopolitics.

    EU Must Act Fast and Share Knowledge With China Dirk Jan van den Berg 2010

  • We still have not figured out how to relate to a global economy in which our dominance is inevitably going to be reduced; we have made very little progress in addressing the ever-more pressing problem of global climate change; and the increasing ethnic and cultural diversity of the country is creating tensions that cry out for innovative approaches.

    Jay Mandle: The Political Marketplace Jay Mandle 2010

  • But alphas can also be created - as Riley says in Branded, dominance is fluid.

    Q & A Nalini Singh 2009

  • We still have not figured out how to relate to a global economy in which our dominance is inevitably going to be reduced; we have made very little progress in addressing the ever-more pressing problem of global climate change; and the increasing ethnic and cultural diversity of the country is creating tensions that cry out for innovative approaches.

    Jay Mandle: The Political Marketplace Jay Mandle 2010

  • Success today won't guarantee long-term dominance.

    For Tech's Elite, Mobile Gaming Is a Big Play Joseph Walker 2011

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  • found in Merriam Webster's Dictionary pg 24

    November 15, 2010