dominance

noun

the power or right to give orders or make decisions

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

the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

superior development of one side of the body

Roots

dominusdomin- · Latin · lord, master

Synonyms for dominance

dominancyadj ascendancyn ascendancen dominationn supremacyn predominancen predominationn controln superiorityn authorityn preeminencen prepotencyn masterdomn

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Where does dominance come from?

The word dominance breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root domin-, from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.