English noun: dominance | |||
1. | dominance (attribute) superior development of one side of the body | ||
Synonyms | laterality | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bodily property | ||
2. | dominance (state) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | ||
Samples | Her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her. | ||
Synonyms | ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control | ||
Broader (hypernym) | condition, status | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | absolutism, ascendant, ascendent, despotism, domination, dominion, mastery, monopoly, predominance, predomination, prepotency, regulation, rule, supremacy, tyranny | ||
3. | dominance (phenomenon) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | organic phenomenon | ||
Domain category | genetic science, genetics | ||
4. | dominance (attribute) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | ||
Samples | He has the authority to issue warrants. Deputies are given authorization to make arrests. A place of potency in the state. | ||
Synonyms | authorisation, authority, authorization, potency, say-so | ||
Broader (hypernym) | control | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | carte blanche, command, imperium, lordship, muscle, power of appointment, sovereignty | ||