dominance meaning and definition

DOMINANCE noun

Definition of dominance (noun)

1. superior development of one side of the body
   • synonyms: laterality
2. the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
   • "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
   • synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control
3. 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
4. the power or right to give orders or make decisions
   • "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"
   • synonyms: authorisation, authority, authorization, potency, say-so