domination

noun

dom·i·na·tion | \ ˌdä-mə-ˈnā-shən

Definition of domination

1 : supremacy or preeminence over another

2 : exercise of mastery or ruling power

3 : exercise of preponderant, governing, or controlling influence

4 dominations plural : dominion sense 3

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Domination may sound like something that's achieved by military force. The total domination of Europe, for example, has never been achieved: The Roman empire could never fully dominate the northern Germanic tribes; Napoleon couldn't conquer Spain; and although Adolf Hitler was briefly dominant over most of the continent, he never managed to overpower England. But the word's earliest appearances don't necessarily involve physical force; Chaucer, for instance, speaks of a mind's domination by strong drink. So we may observe that a great tennis player has continued his domination of the world's courts this season, or that the domination of popular music by rock and roll was obvious by the end of the 1950s.

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auction houses battling for domination in the high-end art market the Spanish domination of the Americas in the 16th century

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African Americans made steady progress in golf after Langston Golf Course was built, culminating with Woods’ domination of the sport in the early 2000s. — NBC News, "NBA star Stephen Curry creates golf plan for Howard University," 29 Aug. 2019 The stakes domination in the meet continued for Sadler and Hronis Racing. — Tod Leonard, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Catalina Cruiser has to hustle for close win in O’Brien Stakes," 24 Aug. 2019 The summer edition of the Bachelor franchise's year-round domination of our TVs brings rejected hopefuls from past seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette together in Mexico for a chance of summer love. — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "Caelynn Miller-Keyes Ships Tayshia and JPJ More Than Herself and Dean on 'Bachelor in Paradise'," 24 Aug. 2019 Real Madrid kept up the domination without him, winning the European Cup for the fourth time straight in 1959. — SI.com, "Miguel Muñoz: The Man Who Told Alfredo Di Stefano to F*ck Off & Led the Ye-Ye's to European Glory," 25 July 2019 But Soner Cagaptay, author of The New Sultan, says Imamoglu’s success is evidence Erdogan’s complete domination of the media is starting to backfire. — Time, "'People Could Feel That I Was Sincere.' How Istanbul's Elections Turned Into a Heavy Defeat for President Erdogan," 24 June 2019 With the Dred Scott decision of 1857, which denied the possibility of black citizenship in America and invited slaveholders to take their property into any state of the Union, slavery’s domination of national politics seemed absolute. — Nicholas Guyatt, The New York Review of Books, "How Proslavery Was the Constitution?," 6 June 2019 Not all viewers were bothered by the country domination. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "Why Did the Top 24 Eliminations on 'The Voice' Cause So Much Controversy?," 1 May 2019 Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy pleased after his team's 110-87 domination of the Bucks at Little Caesars Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 28. — Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Pistons' Stan Van Gundy declines comment on job status rumors," 2 Mar. 2018

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