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Meaning & Definition of Dominance in English

English

Dominance

/dɑmənəns/

noun

1. Superior development of one side of the body

synonym:
  • laterality,
  • dominance

2. 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"
synonym:
  • dominance,
  • ascendance,
  • ascendence,
  • ascendancy,
  • ascendency,
  • control

3. 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

synonym:
  • dominance

4. 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"
synonym:
  • authority,
  • authorization,
  • authorisation,
  • potency,
  • dominance,
  • say-so