domination

1 controlling power or influence over others auction houses battling for domination in the high-end art market Synonyms ascendance (also ascendence), ascendancy (also ascendency), dominance, supremacy, dominion, hegemony, imperium, predominance, predominancy, preeminence, reign, sovereignty (also sovranty)Related Words primacy, superiority; lordship, scepter; arm, authority, choke hold, clutch, command, control, grip, hold, mastery, sway; takeover; direction, jurisdiction, management; clout, might, pull, weight; eminence, importance, moment; prerogative, privilege, rightNear Antonyms helplessness, weakness; impotence, impotency, powerlessness

2 the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control the Spanish domination of the Americas in the 16th century Synonyms dominating, conquest, overpowering, subduing, subjecting, subjection, subjugating, subjugation, vanquishingRelated Words triumph, victory, win, winning; beating, defeat, drubbing, licking, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whipping; enslavement; takeoverNear Antonyms emancipation, enfranchisement, freeing, liberation, manumission, release