domination
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Domination \Dom`i*na"tion\, n. [F. domination, L. dominatio.]
1. The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling;
dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or
insolent sway.
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In such a people, the haughtiness of domination
combines with the spirit of freedom. --Burke.
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2. A ruling party; a party in power. [R.] --Burke.
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3. pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; --
a meaning given by the schoolmen.
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Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.
--Milton.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
153 Moby Thesaurus words for "domination":
absolutism, argumentum baculinum, ascendance, ascendancy,
authority, balance of power, big stick, bond service, bondage,
captivity, charisma, charm, claws, clout, clutches, command,
consequence, control, credit, debt slavery, deprivation of freedom,
despotism, dictatorship, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement,
dominance, dominancy, domineering, dominion, effect, eminence,
eminent domain, enchantment, enslavement, enthrallment, esteem,
eyereach, eyeshot, eyesight, fascism, favor, feudalism, feudality,
field of view, field of vision, force, good feeling, grasp, grip,
gripe, hand, hands, heavy hand, hegemony, helm, helotism, helotry,
high hand, hold, horizon, importance, incidental power,
indentureship, influence, influentiality, insinuation, iron boot,
iron hand, iron heel, jurisdiction, ken, leadership, leverage,
limit of vision, line of sight, magnetism, masterdom, mastership,
mastery, might, moment, naked eye, oppression, outlook,
outlook over, overlordship, peonage, personality, perspective,
persuasion, potency, power, predominance, predominancy,
predomination, preeminence, preponderance, preponderancy,
prepotence, prepotency, pressure, prestige, primacy, principality,
prospect, purchase, range, reign, reign of terror,
reins of government, repression, repute, restraint, rule, say,
scan, scope, scope of vision, serfdom, serfhood, servility,
servitude, sight, sightliness, slavery, sovereignty, strings,
suasion, subjection, subjugation, subordination, subtle influence,
suggestion, superiority, suppression, supremacy, survey,
suzerainship, suzerainty, sway, talons, terrorism, thought control,
thrall, thralldom, tyranny, upper hand, vassalage, view, villenage,
vista, weight, whip hand
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