dominance, n.
(dominances)
freq. cnt. 7
(dominances)
freq. cnt. 7
superior development of one side of the body
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
dominance laterality
semantic pointers
hypernym
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
ascendance ascendancy ascendence ascendency control dominance
sample sentences
"her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 2
authorisation authority authorization dominance potency say-so
sample sentences
"he has the authority to issue warrants""deputies are given authorization to make arrests"
"a place of potency in the state"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
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hyponym
hypernym
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
<noun.phenomenon>
dominance
lexical pointers
derivationally related form