DOMINANCE

Pronunciation (US):

• DOMINANCE (noun)
  The noun DOMINANCE has 4 senses:

1. superior development of one side of the body
2. the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
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

  Familiarity information: DOMINANCE used as a noun is uncommon.

• DOMINANCE (noun)

Meaning:

Superior development of one side of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

dominance; laterality

Hypernyms ("dominance" is a kind of...):

bodily property (an attribute of the body)

Meaning:

The state that exists when one person or group has power over another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ascendance; ascendancy; ascendence; ascendency; dominance; control

Context example:

her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her

Hypernyms ("dominance" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dominance"):

absolutism; despotism; tyranny (dominance through threat of punishment and violence)

regulation (the state of being controlled or governed)

dominion; rule (dominance or power through legal authority)

predominance; predomination; prepotency (the state of being predominant over others)

domination; mastery; supremacy (power to dominate or defeat)

ascendant; ascendent (position or state of being dominant or in control)

monopoly (exclusive control or possession of something)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("dominance" is a kind of...):

organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Meaning:

The power or right to give orders or make decisions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

authority; authorisation; authorization; say-so; potency; dominance

Context examples:

he has the authority to issue warrants / deputies are given authorization to make arrests / a place of potency in the state

Hypernyms ("dominance" is a kind of...):

control (power to direct or determine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dominance"):

power of appointment (authority given (in a will or deed) by a donor to a donee to appoint the beneficiaries of the donor's property)

sovereignty (the authority of a state to govern another state)

muscle (authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way))

lordship (the authority of a lord)

imperium (supreme authority; absolute dominion)

command (the power or authority to command)

carte blanche (complete freedom or authority to act)