From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdominancedom‧i‧nance /ˈdɒmənəns $ ˈdɑː-/ ●○○ AWL noun [uncountable] STRONG PERSONIMPORTANTthe fact of being more powerful, more important, or more noticeable than other people or things → dominatedominance of the continuing dominance of the army in Ugandapolitical/economic/cultural etc dominance the economic and political dominance of Western countriesdominance over television’s dominance over other media
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dominance• Parasites, for instance, affect dominance, at least in mice.• In this culture, establishing dominance is often exalted.• But if they challenge the bureaucratic-military oligarchy for dominance, they are likely to be confronted by a coupd'état.• There, too, Theseus and the Minotaur struggle for dominance.• But the theorists do not specify precisely how important Fordism was, nor how its hypothesized dominance was established.• military dominance• Cooley acknowledges the class structure as a pervasive reality and he too is distressed by the dominance of the top class.dominance over• The Buffalo Sabres continued their dominance over the Boston Bruins with a 5-0 win. 