domination

[Dom`i*na·tion]

Domination means total control. Most comic book villains and a few real people, too spend their lives in pursuit of world domination.

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The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway.

Noun
social control by dominating

Noun
power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"


n.
The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway.

n.
A ruling party; a party in power.

n.
A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.


Domination

Dom`i*na"tion , n. [F. domination, L. dominatio.] 1. The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway.
In such a people, the haugtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom.
2. A ruling party; a party in power. [R.] Burke. 3. pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.
Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.

The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway.

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Usage Examples

Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination.

Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms.

We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master.

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

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Other Usage Examples

To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education.

I'm thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go to college. So world domination - in terms of providing for my family - is absolutely my goal.

Party domination and State leadership are concepts incompatible with one another.

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.

We first fought the heathens in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

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