dominance

Phonetic

US /ˈdɑːmɪnəns/UK /ˈdɒmɪnəns/

Translations

NOUNThe state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy., Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others., The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed., The property of a gene such that it suppresses the expression of its allele.

Variants

  • dominances: Plural

Examples

  • Is Google’s 20-year dominance of search in

    Source:www.economist.com

  • President-elect Trump has promised to impose new tariffs, but they are unlikely to undercut China’s dominance given its advantages in automaking.

    Source:www.nytimes.com

  • As China’s leader, Xi Jinping, forges toward a fourth term in power, he confronts a dilemma common to aging autocrats: testing and recruiting a rising generation of loyal officials while ensuring his own dominance.

    Source:cn.nytimes.com

  • he asymmetric dominance effect is an empirical phenomenon that helps us make sense of many of the irrational decisions that human beings make

    Source:medium.com

  • In fact, the trajectory of America’s public finances is so dire that the most bearish investors talk of the long-term risk of “fiscal dominance”; that interest rates might eventually be set with the goal of controlling the government’s debt-service costs, rather than inflation

    Source:www.economist.com

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