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domineeringness

Definitions

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  • noun the trait of being imperious and overbearing

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Examples

  • He was so dictatorial that his fellow directors were left in cabal over the increasing domineeringness of old Forsyte, which they were far from intending to stand much longer, they said.

    The Man of Property 2004

  • He would never have thought about talking about his mother's domineeringness, or his feelings about Lucy Mercer.

    No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II 1995

  • 'Because I said he didn't care -- and he doesn't, it's only his domineeringness that's hurt --' she said, her mouth pulled awry by her weeping, all the time she spoke, so that he almost smiled, it seemed so childish.

    Women in Love 1907

  • He was so dictatorial that his fellow directors were left in cabal over the increasing domineeringness of old Forsyte, which they were far from intending to stand much longer, they said.

    The Forsyte Saga - Complete John Galsworthy 1900

  • He was so dictatorial that his fellow directors were left in cabal over the increasing domineeringness of old Forsyte, which they were far from intending to stand much longer, they said.

    The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property John Galsworthy 1900

  • He was so dictatorial that his fellow directors were left in cabal over the increasing domineeringness of old Forsyte, which they were far from intending to stand much longer, they said.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

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