dominance
Americannoun
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control; authority; rule; supreme influence.
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the condition of being dominant, or having the authority to influence or control.
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Psychology. the disposition of an individual to assert control in dealing with others.
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Animal Behavior. high status in a social group, usually acquired as the result of aggression, that involves the tendency to take priority in access to limited resources, as food, mates, or space.
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Neurology. the normal tendency for one side of the brain to be more important than the other in controlling certain functions, as speech and language.
noun
Other Word Forms
- nondominance noun
- self-dominance noun
Etymology
Origin of dominance
First recorded in 1810–20; domin(ant) + -ance
Example Sentences
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The stock’s recent resilience may be due in part to UnitedHealth’s seemingly unshakable market dominance.
From Barron's
AI ecosystem had achieved its global dominance by deploying chips and compute at massive scale, and with a clear lead in hardware, it had little incentive to pursue China’s efficiency-first strategy.
From MarketWatch
The Pentagon "will restore American military dominance in the Western Hemisphere. We will use it to protect our Homeland and our access to key terrain throughout the region," the NDS said.
From Barron's
European efforts to escape U.S. tech dominance for privacy or commercial reasons have been a recurring theme for decades.
His evidence is formidable: GDP growth, energy dominance, tech leadership and recent decisive military strikes.
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