Dominance

n. control, domination

Dominance may refer to several different concepts:CoercionDominance (biology), the state of having high social status relative to other individuals which causes them to react submissively, in biology and anthropologyDomination and submission (BDSM), a form of human sexualityDominance hierarchyDominance relationship, a property of genes that determine whether offspring will inherit a characteristic from the father, the mother, or some blend of bothDominance (game theory), a property that makes one strategy a better choice than anotherDominance (economics), a measure of firms' share distribution (of production, sales, capacity or reserves) in a market or industryDominating decision rule, a decision rule that always achieves lower risk in decision theoryDominance can refer to the preference of a body part on one side to its counterpart on the other side of the body. Handedness refers to the dominance of a specific hand over another, while footedness is for feet and ocular dominance is for eyes.Power (sociology)State powerStochastic dominance, a situation in which one lottery (a probability distribution of outcomes) can be ranked as superior to another, with only limited knowledge of preferences
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Noun
1. superior development of one side of the body
(synonym) laterality
(hypernym) bodily property
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) ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
(hypernym) condition, status
(hyponym) ascendant, ascendent
(derivation) dominate
3. the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"
(synonym) authority, authorization, authorisation, say-so
(hypernym) control
(hyponym) power of appointment
(derivation) dominate, master

n. dominance, control

(n.)
Alt. of Dominancy