DOMINANCE


Meaning of DOMINANCE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

cultural

There is a fixed pot of political power and cultural dominance .

economic

By far the most important aspect of this uneven development was the undermining of the economic dominance of the United States.

male

There are many theories as to the origins of male dominance in human society.

It takes the male dominance in our culture and uses that to limit the power of the symbol.

Stereotypical images of women are used to legitimise male dominance .

Pressure was applied with cool precision: women had discovered that to sidestep male dominance was to avoid destructive rage.

For our purposes, as we shall see, the assumption of male dominance may be a good case in point.

The fears always have to do with undermining male solidarity and dominance .

In short, male dominance can be strongly suggested in pictorial representation without the patriarchal male being directly represented at all.

Berkoff's customary disgust with the human race is here directed at male dominance and brutality.

political

An end to unity on the left, and thereby of its political dominance , was in sight.

Kung San neighbors' hunting life for farming, there is less food sharing and more political dominance within each band.

The incident suggested that the movement was seeking to extend its campaign for political dominance beyond the province of Natal.

The ruling class was clearly visible in terms of its life-style, attitudes, accents and political and social dominance .

■ NOUN

market

Equally, market dominance is not in itself unlawful under Article 86 of the Treaty of Rome.

New competitors quickly diminished the company's market dominance .

■ VERB

challenge

Its methods and values have rarely been able to challenge the dominance of conservative normativism.

It is likely to challenge your dominance regularly at first.

Labour policy has long sought to challenge the Treasury's dominance in government.

ensure

The Pluralist concern with management is, for the Structuralist, simply another means of ensuring the continued dominance of the rich.

establish

More important in establishing his general dominance was his closeness to the crown.

In this culture, establishing dominance is often exalted.

Keepers hope he will establish his dominance over them and the females will choose him.

Neil was given this test as part of his evaluation prior to surgery, establishing his left-brain dominance for language.

They liked books and ideas, and they liked to talk about them in ways that fostered growth rather than established dominance .

maintain

They can no longer count on maintaining their dominance in the jeans market.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

military dominance

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But if they challenge the bureaucratic-military oligarchy for dominance , they are likely to be confronted by a coupd'état.

But the theorists do not specify precisely how important Fordism was, nor how its hypothesized dominance was established.

Cooley acknowledges the class structure as a pervasive reality and he too is distressed by the dominance of the top class.

In this culture, establishing dominance is often exalted.

Parasites, for instance, affect dominance , at least in mice.

There, too, Theseus and the Minotaur struggle for dominance .

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