Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dominance"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dominance \Dom"i*nance\, Dominancy \Dom"i*nan*cy\, n.
Predominance; ascendency; authority.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

dominance
n 1: superior development of one side of the body [syn: {laterality}]
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" [syn:
{ascendance}, {ascendence}, {ascendancy}, {ascendency}, {control}]
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" [syn: {authority}, {authorization},
{authorisation}, {say-so}]


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