Dictionary Check: dominance
"dominance" is a valid word!
Scrabble
14
points
Words with Friends
18
points
Definition
noun
superior development of one side of the body
noun
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
Example:
"her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
noun
the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not
noun
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
Example:
"he has the authority to issue warrants"
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