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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: superior development of one side of the body [syn: laterality, dominance]
2: 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" [syn: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control]
3: 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
4: the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state" [syn: authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1819 1. the fact or state of being dominant: as a. dominant position especially in a social hierarchy b. the property of one of a pair of alleles or traits that suppresses expression of the other in the heterozygous condition c. the influence or control over ecological communities exerted by a dominant 2. functional asymmetry between a pair of bodily structures (as the right and left hands)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the state of being dominant. 2 control, authority.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dominance Dom"i*nance, Dominancy Dom"i*nan*cy, n. Predominance; ascendency; authority.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

The dominance of a particular person or thing is the fact that they are more powerful, successful, or important than other people or things. ...an attempt by each group to establish dominance over the other... = supremacy N-UNCOUNT: oft N of/over n

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, good feeling, hold, importance, incidental power, influence, influentiality, insinuation, leadership, leverage, magnetism, masterdom, mastery, moment, overlordship, personality, persuasion, potency, power, predominance, predominancy, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, pressure, prestige, primacy, principality, purchase, reign, repute, rule, say, sovereignty, suasion, subtle influence, suggestion, superiority, supremacy, suzerainship, suzerainty, sway, upper hand, weight, whip hand