dominance

Dominance is defined as to have control or authority over others.

(noun)

  1. When a government has the power and control to make other governments comply with its demands, this is an example of dominance.
  2. If brown eyes always show up whenever you have the brown-eyed gene, even if you also have a blue-eyed gene or a green-eyed gene, this is an example of the dominance of the brown-eyed gene.

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See dominance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a dominating, or being dominant; control; authority

See dominance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
The condition or fact of being dominant.

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