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. Shiladitya DasSarma:

   That's where it might make a difference when we look at exoplanets. We would want to consider that the pigments on an alien planet might be different than what we have on modern Earth, and if the Purple Earth hypothesis was correct and there was a dominance of purple organisms in the early Earth, then we might be able to find another planet that's at an earlier stage of evolution of the planet, where the purple pigments might have dominated.

2. Hubert Horan:

   The bigger issue is that even with dominance, there is no evidence that any of these companies can actually earn sustainable profits while providing the level of fares and car availability that made them popular.

3. Paul Bernhardt:

   Sometimes, the dominance is aggressive in style, though usually not, more often, it's loud, brash behavior or other displays that exhibit a feeling of status gain.

4. Mike Day:

   Everybody expects, every time she steps in the start gate — no matter the event, no matter the preparation, no matter anything — that she’s going to win the race. And that’s an unreal expectation. She’s dealt with that her entire career, to a certain extent, but obviously, more recently, in the last few years that she has shown dominance.

5. Louisa Wall:

   Diversity in itself is good, anything that disrupts the homogeneity and the dominance of the White majority, or the colonizers, of this place.