Synonyms for dominance
dom·i·nance

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1. dominance

   Synonyms:
   lordship, mastery, superiority, preponderance, prevalence

   Antonyms:
   inferiority, subjection, serve, tude, weakness, inprevalence, minority

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1. laterality, dominancenoun

   superior development of one side of the body

   Synonyms:
   potency, lateralization, handedness, authorisation, laterality, ascendancy, authority, say-so, ascendency, ascendance, lateralisation, control, ascendence, authorization

2. dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, controlnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   controller, laterality, restraint, ascendance, authorization, mastery, control, say-so, ascendency, control condition, potency, command, authority, ascendancy, ascendence, authorisation

3. dominancenoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   potency, authorisation, laterality, ascendancy, authority, say-so, ascendance, ascendency, control, ascendence, authorization

4. authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-sonoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   potence, potency, government agency, potentiality, federal agency, assurance, ascendance, authorization, ascendency, control, strength, effectiveness, self-confidence, laterality, potential, say-so, self-assurance, agency, dictum, ascendancy, sanction, sureness, confidence, bureau, office, authority, empowerment, ascendence, authorisation, mandate, pronouncement

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1. • Bodily Property
   • Genetics
   • Organic Phenomenon

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1. List of paraphrases for "dominance":

   domination, predominance, domain, hegemony, supremacy, preponderance, prevalence, predominating, pre-eminence

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1. dominance

   Synonyms:
   Neurology Cerebral dominance

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1. Novak Djokovic:

   The dominance of first of all Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal over the years was fantastic. Then Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, we got into the mix and us four have been winning most of the big events in the last six, seven, eight years, now it's normal to expect that there is a new generation of players, younger players that are right at the top like Kei Nishikori, Milos Raonic,( Grigor) Dimitrov who have the quality to win against the best and they have done that.

2. President Biden:

   Thisjust underscores and highlightsexactly why we need energy independence and the dominance that we have asthe No. 1producer in the world, we cannot be dependent on other countries. In fact, we need more energy infrastructure, not less.

3. Steve Sisolak:

   The slide won't continue, we can continue the years of dominance.

4. Elizabeth Warren:

   How was Amazon able to build a huge clothing presence ? The answer is they had inside information about what Indians were buying, most people think of antitrust as simply the area a company is in. But what Amazon has shown is how a company can dominate in one area and then leverage that into dominance across multiple areas.

5. Pamela Rutledge:

   It's another when you get spam texts — it feels very invasive. for years, portraits were how people established their power and dominance in society.