domination
[dom-uh-ney-shuh n]
- an act or instance of dominating.
- rule or sway; control, often arbitrary.
- dominations, Theology. one of the nine orders of celestial attendants of God.Compare angel(def 1).
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Origin of domination
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tyranny, repression, dictatorship, oppression, influence, supremacy, superiority, sovereignty, dominance, power, might, jurisdiction, rule, sway, despotism, command, dominion, suppression, prepotency, subordinationExamples from the Web for domination
Contemporary Examples
Local pushback against ISIS domination in these areas to bring a power sharing arrangement, seems ever more remote.
Haters back then called it “mosque madness” and “Islamic domination and expansionism.”
In all these episodes, Moscow was confronted with popular, democratic revolutions against its domination.
A year after the domination of “Gangnam Style,” Psy once again tops the YouTube charts.
Ron Burgundy continues his domination of all things media with this amazing six minute track.
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December 10, 2013
Historical Examples
Only an individual here and there sees that freedom and domination must belong to us.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
The dread of French domination seems to have haunted him like a nightmare.
Biographical SketchesNathaniel Hawthorne
In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
But it by no means follows that the domination of servitude must, or even can, be perpetual.
FreelandTheodor Hertzka
Here, then, was the end of that life-long dream of domination.
The Education of Eric LaneStephen McKenna
domination
- the act of dominating or state of being dominated
- authority; rule; control
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Word Origin and History for domination
n.
late 14c., "rule, control," from Old French dominacion (12c.) "domination, rule, power," from Latin dominationem (nominative dominatio), noun of action from past participle stem of dominari "to rule, have dominion over," from dominus "lord, master," literally "master of the house," from domus "home" (see domestic) + -nus, suffix denoting ownership or relation. Sexual sense by 1961.
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