'Dominance' definitions:
Definition of 'dominance'
From: WordNet
noun
Superior development of one side of the body [syn: laterality, dominance]
noun
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]
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
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]
Definition of 'Dominance'
From: GCIDE
- Dominance \Dom"i*nance\, Dominancy \Dom"i*nan*cy\, n. Predominance; ascendency; authority. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dominance'
From: 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
Words containing 'Dominance'
- Dominancy,
- Dominant,
- Dominate,
- Dominated,
- Dominating,
- Domination,
- Dominative,
- Dominator,
- Domineer,
- Domineered,
- Domineering,
- Domineeringly,
- Dominical,
- domine,
- dominic,
- Dominant chord,
- Dominant estate,
- Dominant owner,
- Dominant tenement,
- Dominical altar,
- Dominical letter,
- dominant allele,
- dominant gene,
- saint dominic,
- st. dominic,
- autosomal dominant disease,
- autosomal dominant disorder,
- x-linked dominant inheritance