domination

[ dom-uh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

1. an act or instance of dominating.
2. rule or sway; control, often arbitrary.
3. dominations, Theology. one of the nine orders of celestial attendants of God. Compare angel ( def 1 ).

domination

/ ˌdɒmɪˈneɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of dominating or state of being dominated
2. authority; rule; control

Other Words From

• nondom·i·nation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of domination¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin dominātiōn-, stem of dominātiō “mastery, rule,” from domināt(us) “controlled” (past participle of domināre “to master, control”; dominate ) + -iō -ion; replacing Middle English dominacioun, from Anglo-French

Example Sentences

The night also saw Taylor Swift continue her world domination by making history as the first person to win best artist three times in the 30-year history of the EMAs.

From BBC

According to Patterson, social death is a state of permanent and violent domination coupled with physical separation from one’s family or homeland and marked by a pervasive condition of dishonor.

From Salon

Instead of resigning themselves to the culturally imposed condition of social death after their forced separation from Africa, antebellum Black liberals turned the social, political and legal conditions of their domination into weapons through extraordinary effort and resourcefulness.

From Salon

In describing the process of how antebellum African Americans “cheated” the conditions of forced separation, general humiliation and racial domination that constituted social death, I also reclaim the term “bootstrapping,” which, in its pejorative use today, displaces collective responsibility for social change onto minority communities.

From Salon

The club was looking for a first-team coach with an attractive style, based on possession football, control and domination of the game.

From BBC

Related Words

• dictatorship
• dominance
• influence
• oppression
• repression
• sovereignty
• superiority
• supremacy
• tyranny