Domination

Definitions

1. Control by means of superior ability, influence, position, or resources; prevailing force.
   countable, uncountable
2. The exercise of power in ruling; sovereignty; authority; government.
   countable, uncountable
3. A dominion; an angel from a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.
   countable, uncountable
4. A fetish characterized by control and power over and discipline of one's sexual partner.
   countable, uncountable
5. Synonym of cover.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

22 more languages

العربيةالهيمنة

Bosanskidominacijaгосподстводоминација

Catalàdominació

Češtinanadvláda

Danskherredømme

Ελληνικάκυριαρχία

Suomidominaatiodominointi

Gàidhligceannsachadh

Galegodominación

Hrvatskidominacijaгосподстводоминација

Bahasa Indonesiadominasikekuasaan

Italianodominazione

ქართულიდომინაცია

한국어장악제압

Kurdîdomînans

Кыргызчабийлик

Latinadominatio

Nederlandsoverheersing

Polskidominacja

Русскийгосподство

Српскиdominacijaгосподстводоминација

Svenskadominans

Examples

“First, relations of power and domination have⟳ been and continue⟳ to be significantly constitutive of social relations in modern societies.”

“What this means is that the subordination of women by men is pervasive, that it orders the relationship of the sexes in every area of life, that a sexual politics of domination is as much in evidence in the private spheres of the family, ordinary social life, and sexuality as in the traditionally public spheres of government and the economy.”

“England took 33 minutes to make⟳ their domination count⟳, the goal coming from the most familiar source as captain Harry Kane headed home Declan Rice's corner for his 74th goal in 109 internationals.”

“[...] thou and thine vſurpe / The Dominations, Royalties, and rights / Of this oppreſſed boy; [...]”

“I am no friend to ariſtocracy [...]. [... O]n the ſuppoſed ruin of the conſtitution, [...] if it muſt periſh, I would rather by far ſee it reſolved into any other form⟳, than loſt in that auſtere and inſolent domination.”

“In such a [slaveholding] people, the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom [...].”

“Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.”

“The succession of orders given in this passage is not exactly the same as in the succeeding chapters, in which it is as follows: -- Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones; Dominations, Virtues, Powers; Principalities, Archangels, Angels.”

“According to Dionysius, the dominations have⟳ the duty in the heavenly host⟳ of regulating the tasks of the angels and "through them the majesty of God is manifested." Through the efforts of the dominations - who are naturally seen only rarely by mortals -- the very order⟳ of the cosmos is maintained.”

“By night, I am Mistress Shay Noir, the Black queen of domination. The world's most beautiful sadist.”

“With more than 200 research⟳ papers published on the algorithmic complexity of domination and related parameters of graphs, it is difficult to know⟳ what to cover⟳ in a relatively short chapter on the subject, especially since it could take⟳ quite a few pages just to cover⟳ the preliminaries of computational complexity and the many algorithm design⟳ paradigms that have⟳ been applied to domination problems.”

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