Noun: dominance dó-mi-nun(t)s
- 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"; "The company's ascendancy in the tech industry was evident from its market dominance";
- ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
- The power or right to give orders or make decisions
"His dominance in the business world was undisputed";
- authority, authorization, authorisation [Brit], potency, say-so
- (genetics) 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
"The dominance of the brown eye colour allele over the blue eye colour allele"
- Superior development of one side of the body
"His right-hand dominance was evident in his writing skills";
- laterality
Derived forms: dominances
Type of: bodily property, condition, control, organic phenomenon, status
Encyclopedia: Dominance, ocular