Synonyms for dominance

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1. laterality, dominance(noun)

   superior development of one side of the body

   Synonyms:
   potency, lateralization, handedness, authorisation, laterality, ascendancy, authority, say-so, ascendency, ascendance, lateralisation, control, ascendence, authorization

2. dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control(noun)

   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"

   Synonyms:
   controller, laterality, restraint, ascendance, authorization, mastery, control, say-so, ascendency, control condition, potency, command, authority, ascendancy, ascendence, authorisation

3. dominance(noun)

   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

   Synonyms:
   potency, authorisation, laterality, ascendancy, authority, say-so, ascendance, ascendency, control, ascendence, authorization

4. authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so(noun)

   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"

   Synonyms:
   potence, potency, government agency, potentiality, federal agency, assurance, ascendance, authorization, ascendency, control, strength, effectiveness, self-confidence, laterality, potential, say-so, self-assurance, agency, dictum, ascendancy, sanction, sureness, confidence, bureau, office, authority, empowerment, ascendence, authorisation, mandate, pronouncement

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1. dominance

   Synonyms:
   lordship, mastery, superiority, preponderance, prevalence

   Antonyms:
   inferiority, subjection, serve, tude, weakness, inprevalence, minority

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1. List of paraphrases:

   domination, predominance, domain, hegemony, supremacy, preponderance, prevalence, predominating, pre-eminence

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1. dominance

   Synonyms:
   Neurology Cerebral dominance

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Alex

US English

Daniel

British

Karen

Australian

Veena

Indian

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How to use dominance in a sentence?

1. Novak Djokovic:

   The dominance of first of all Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal over the years was fantastic. Then Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, we got into the mix and us four have been winning most of the big events in the last six, seven, eight years, now it's normal to expect that there is a new generation of players, younger players that are right at the top like Kei Nishikori, Milos Raonic,( Grigor) Dimitrov who have the quality to win against the best and they have done that.

2. Kit Opie:

   This happens when they don’t know each other, after a while they fall into a dominance hierarchy with an alpha male but if they don’t know each other then there is often aggression while they establish that.

3. Hubert Horan:

   The bigger issue is that even with dominance, there is no evidence that any of these companies can actually earn sustainable profits while providing the level of fares and car availability that made them popular.

4. Nicole Peng:

   Huawei is in a strong position to consolidate its dominance further amid 5G network rollout, given its tight operator relationships in 5G network deployment, and control over key components such as local network compatible 5G chipsets, this puts significant pressure on Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi, which find it very hard to make any breakthrough.

5. Gloria Steinem:

   Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality.

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