In genetics, the masking of one allele (an alternative form of a gene) by another allele. For example, if a heterozygous person has one allele for blue eyes and one for brown eyes, his or her eye color will be brown. The allele for blue eyes is described as recessive and the allele for brown eyes as dominant.
The state that exists when one person or group has power over another; SYN. ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control. + prikaži više

ETYM French domination, Latin dominatio.
1. Power to dominate or defeat; SYN. mastery, supremacy.
2. Social control by dominating.

ETYM Greek, from hegemon guide, leader, from hegeisthai to go before.
The domination of one state over its allies.
Leadership of one state within a confederacy.
Leadership; authority.
Political dominance of one power over others in a group in which all are supposedly equal. The term was first used for the dominance of Athens over the other Greek city-states, later applied to Prussia within Germany, and, in more recent times, to the US and the USSR with regard to the rest of the world. + prikaži više

ETYM Cf. French prédominance.
The state of being predominant over others; SYN. predomination.
The quality or state of being predominant.