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domination

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of domination

1 controlling power or influence over others
  • auction houses battling for domination in the high-end art market
Synonyms of domination

ascendance (also ascendence), ascendancy (also ascendency), dominance, dominion, hegemony, imperium, predominance, predominancy, preeminence, reign, sovereignty (also sovranty), supremacy
Words Related to domination

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, right
Near Antonyms of domination

helplessness, weakness

impotence, impotency, powerlessness
2 the act or process of bringing someone or something under oneʼs control
  • the Spanish domination of the Americas in the 16th century
Synonyms of domination

conquest, dominating, overpowering, subduing, subjecting, subjection, subjugating, subjugation, vanquishing
Words Related to domination

triumph, victory, win, winning

beating, defeat, drubbing, licking, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whipping

enslavement

takeover
Near Antonyms of domination

emancipation, enfranchisement, freeing, liberation, manumission, release

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