dominance

/'dɔminəns/

Thân thiện

He asserts his dominance in the boardroom.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The state or condition of being more powerful, influential, or successful than others: "Dominance" refers to a position of superior power, control, or prevalence.
   • The phenomenon in genetics where one allele suppresses the expression of another: In biology, "dominance" describes the relationship between alleles where one is fully expressed in the organism's appearance or function.
   • Greater or superior development on one side of the body: In physiology, "dominance" can refer to the condition where one side (e.g., right-handedness) is more developed or used.

Examples of Usage

• General Power/Control:
  • The company's market dominance was challenged by new competitors.
  • His dominance in the debate was clear from the beginning.
• Genetics:
  • The gene for brown eyes shows dominance over the gene for blue eyes.
• Physical Development:
  • Right-hand dominance is common in the population.

Advanced Usage

• "To establish/assert one's dominance": to take action to show or secure a position of power.
  • The new CEO quickly moved to assert her dominance over the management team.
• "Complete/absolute dominance": having total and unchallenged control or superiority.
  • The chess champion maintained complete dominance throughout the tournament.

Variants and Related Words

• Dominant (adj): having power and influence over others; being the most important or conspicuous.
  • The lion is the dominant predator in its ecosystem.
• Dominate (verb): to have a commanding influence over; to be the most important or conspicuous feature.
  • One issue tends to dominate the political discussion.
• Predominance (noun): the state of being greater in number or amount; the quality of being more powerful or important.
  • There is a predominance of small businesses in the town.

Synonyms

• Supremacy: the state of being superior to all others in power or status.
• Ascendancy: a position of power, influence, or control.
• Hegemony: leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.

Related Phrases

• "Social dominance": a sociological concept describing hierarchies within social groups.
  • The study examined patterns of social dominance in primate troops.
• "Dominance hierarchy": a ranking system within a group where each member has a relative social status.
  • Wolves establish a clear dominance hierarchy within the pack.

Related Idioms

• "Rule the roost": to be in charge or in a position of dominance (informal).
  • In their household, it's clear that the grandmother rules the roost.

Học thuật

Noun

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. superior development of one side of the body

Từ đồng nghĩa

• authority
• authorization
• authorisation
• potency
• say-so
• ascendance
• ascendence
• ascendancy
• ascendency
• control
• laterality