dominance

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noun

1. superior development of one side of the body (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
laterality
• Hypernyms:
bodily property
2. the state that exists when one person or group has power over another (Freq. 3)
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
• Syn:
ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
• Derivationally related forms:
ascendent (for: ascendency), ascendant (for: ascendancy), ascend (for: ascendancy), ascendent (for: ascendence), ascendant (for: ascendance), dominant, dominate
• Hypernyms:
condition, status
• Hyponyms:
ascendant, ascendent, domination, mastery, supremacy,
predominance, predomination, prepotency, dominion, rule, regulation,
absolutism, tyranny, despotism, monopoly
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
• Derivationally related forms:
dominant
• Topics:
genetics, genetic science
• Hypernyms:
organic phenomenon
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, say-so
• Derivationally related forms:
dominate, potent (for: potency)
• Hypernyms:
control
• Hyponyms:
power of appointment, carte blanche, command, imperium, lordship,
muscle, sovereignty

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, say-so, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control, laterality