domination Definition
domi·na·tion (däm′ə nā′s̸hən)
noun
a dominating or being dominated; rule; control; ascendancy
Etymology: ME dominacioun < OFr domination < L dominatio
domination Synonyms
domination Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- bourgeoisie: Together they ax the fundamental support of the domination of the British bourgeoisie.
- capitalism: Such is the domination of globalized capitalism that this is the logic of all those who accept working within its limits.
- capital: Thus the author has no alternative to the prospect of the increasing domination of global capital and the subversion of the aims of Chavez.
- politics: In this instance, the emphasis is on Pitt's domination of British politics in this period.
- chain: The market control they seek is through the domination of supply chains and processing.
- market: The console market expands destroying the Amigas ' domination of the home computer market.
Converse of object
- perpetuate: A puppet state was set up in the north to perpetuate British imperialist domination.
- resist: For nearly a thousand years, we have successfully resisted foreign domination.
- oppose: There are honorable grounds for upholding the authority of the United Nations and opposing American global domination.
- achieve: The only way he can think of achieving world domination is through direct military rule.
- avoid: The Prison Service will however continue to seek to avoid undue market domination by a single supplier.
- seek: More than two-thirds who offered an opinion said America is essentially an imperial power seeking world domination.
Adjective modifier
- imperialist: There can be no real self-determination under imperialist domination.
- colonial: Marseilles used to be the main Mediterranean port of French colonial domination.
- imperial: He unmasks a restrictive society in his depiction of sexual and imperial domination.
- Soviet: In early 1989, few predicted Eastern Europe would escape Soviet domination by Thanksgiving.
- galactic: Armed only with science and sex appeal, Flash is out to thwart the evil Emperor Ming's plans of galactic domination.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near domination
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- ‹ domiciliate
- ‹ domicile
- ‹ domical
- ‹ domesticity
- ‹ domesticated
- ‹ domesticate
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