domination

  • 21domination — dominate UK US /ˈdɒmɪneɪt/ verb [I or T] ► to be more important, powerful, or successful than other people, companies, etc.: »This is an industry where a few global manufacturers and their brands dominate. »They dominate the market for high speed …

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  • 22domination — dom|i|na|tion [ ,damı neıʃn ] noun uncount * control or power over other people or things: male domination in the workplace the end of two centuries of domination by the Ottoman Empire …

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  • 23domination — Rule by coercion or noncoercive compliance. Individuals or groups may exercise power over others domination either by brute force or because that power is accepted as legitimate by those who are subject to it. Max Weber identified three pure… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 24domination — (n.f.) Pratique sexuelle sur la laquelle se construit le rapport maître/esclave. Il s agit pour un individu de dominer une ou plusieurs personnes, de les soumettre à ses désirs sexuels tout en exerçant à l endroit de ces individus un pouvoir… …

    Dictionnaire de Sexologie

  • 25domination */ — UK [ˌdɒmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌdɑmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] control or power over other people or things the end of two centuries of domination by the Ottoman Empire male domination in the workplace …

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  • 26domination — /dom euh nay sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of dominating. 2. rule or sway; control, often arbitrary. 3. dominations, Theol. one of the nine orders of celestial attendants of God. Cf. angel (def. 1). [1350 1400; ME < L domination (s. of&#8230; …

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  • 27domination — noun she was put off by the male domination sanctioned by her boyfriend s family Syn: rule, government, sovereignty, control, command, authority, power, dominion, dominance, mastery, supremacy, superiority, ascendancy, sway …

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  • 28domination — [ˌdɒmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] control or power over other people or things the team s domination of English football in the 1990s[/ex] …

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  • 29domination — Rule or control. See interference and domination …

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  • 30domination — dominate ► VERB 1) have a commanding or controlling influence over. 2) (of something tall or high) overlook. DERIVATIVES domination noun dominator noun. ORIGIN Latin dominari rule, govern , from dominus lord, master …

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