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Meaning of Domination | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌdɒməˈneɪʃən

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية الهيمنة
Català dominació
Čeština nadvláda
Dansk herredømme
Ελληνικά κυριαρχία
Español dominación
Français Domination
Gàidhlig ceannsachadh
Galego dominación
Bahasa Indonesia dominasi kekuasaan
Italiano dominazione
ქართული დომინაცია
한국어 장악 제압
Кыргызча бийлик
Latina dominatio
Nederlands overheersing
Polski dominacja
Português dominação domínio
Русский господство
Svenska dominans

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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