a dominating or being dominated; rule; control; ascendancy
Word origin
ME dominacioun < OFr domination < L dominatio
Examples of 'domination' in a sentence
domination
I'm also hellbent on total domination of all life forms in the service of evil.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
FINALLY, a mainstream blockbuster which makes you leave the cinema with a smile on your face is set for total Oscars domination.
The Sun (2017)
They have had to fight the system during their epic journey from ghetto to global domination.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Younger men suffer as a result of previous male domination for which they bear no responsibility.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Only you stand between them and global domination.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That evokes a more recent era of male domination.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is said to underlie the universal pattern of male political domination over females.
Sanderson, Stephen K. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)
Is there a relationship between warfare and male domination?
Harris, Marvin Cultural Anthropology (1995)
An alibi for male power and domination?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was no more than City deserved after a second half of total domination.
The Sun (2012)
He returned home after the war but soon had to escape the Soviet domination of his country.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If victory could not bring total domination, then defeat must bring utter destruction.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Now it's roaring past other superpowers on the road to global domination.
The Sun (2010)
In many cases, women here defend male domination.
Charles Glass The Tribes Triumphant (2006)
The area of domination and control that affected me the longest isn't limited to just my small church.
Christianity Today (2000)
Moreover, workers are at the bottom of the ladder in terms of domination and control within the workplace.
Sanderson, Stephen K. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)
Basic class locations are positions in the social organization of production that are relatively unambiguous concerning the nature of property ownership and domination and control.
Sanderson, Stephen K. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)
The designer is engaged in a polite campaign for global domination, with six more stores opening around the world this year.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She's now free to pursue global domination without him holding her back and no longer has to pander to his moods and whims.
The Sun (2013)
For her, the postwar experience of Soviet domination was formative.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Plans for global domination Yes.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It's not about global domination, but if it was a man nobody would question it.
The Sun (2012)
But I am going to go in, do it properly and do it with total domination.
The Sun (2011)
Synonyms of 'domination'
control, power, rule, authority
More Synonyms of domination
(noun)
They had five centuries of domination by the Romans.
Synonyms
control
The first aim of his government would be to establish control over the republic's territory.
power
women who have reached positions of great power and influence
rule
the winding-up of British rule over the territory
authority
The judge has no authority to order a second trial.
influence
As we grew older, I had less influence and couldn't control him.
command
the struggle for command of the air
sway
How can mothers keep daughters under their sway?
dictatorship
a long period of military dictatorship
repression
a society conditioned by violence and repression
oppression
an attempt to escape political oppression
suppression
supremacy
The president asserted his supremacy over the prime minister.
mastery
a region where humans have gained mastery over the major rivers
tyranny
I'm the sole victim of her tyranny.
ascendancy
The extremists are gaining ascendancy.
subordination
despotism
a prototypical example of political despotism
subjection
the complete subjection of the prisoners to their captors