ˌdäməˈnāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, dominacioun, from Middle French domination, from Latin domination-, dominatio, from dominatus, + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : supremacy or ascendancy over another or others
2.
a. : exercise of mastery or ruling power
looking out for one's own today is rapidly taking the form of attempted global domination — Norman Cousins
the only alternative to complete domination in Southeast Asia — Hugh Gaitskell
b. : dominion , suzerainty
named during the French and Spanish domination of Louisiana
3. : exercise of preponderant influence
4.
a. : compelling political and economic influence
with the empire going, the establishment of British domination has to take a new direction: in the field of technology — Jean Hills
b. : governing or controlling influence
the long period of Chinese domination in Japanese art — Laurence Binyon
perhaps not marry, for she was under the domination of her creed which did not permit divorce — Donn Byrne
what varies surprisingly little is the efficacy of his personal domination of both orchestra and public — Virgil Thomson
c. : the dominating by an employer of a labor organization
5. dominations plural : dominion 4