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1
controlling power or influence over others
- auction houses battling for domination in the high-end art market
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- ascendance
- (also ascendence),
- ascendancy
- (also ascendency),
- dominance,
- dominion,
- hegemony,
- imperium,
- predominance,
- predominancy,
- preeminence,
- reign,
- sovereignty
- (also sovranty),
- supremacy
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2
the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control
- the Spanish domination of the Americas in the 16th century
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“Domination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domination. Accessed 4 Dec. 2021.
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