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dominance (s) (noun), dominances (pl)
1. The condition that exists when one group or individual possesses power over another: His dominance over his wife got worse as the years went by, and after 20 years, their marriage ended in a divorce.
2. The superior development of one body part over another: The dominance of Jill's right handedness in comparison to her left hand was seen in her writing with her right hand and also in catching a ball with her right hand.
3. As a behavior, a situation in which an individual animal has the highest status in a group: The dominance of an animal can be exemplified in terms of access to food, space, or mates, so that others consistently defer or give way to that particular animal because of importance, age, or size.
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(perceptions of China and the Chinese in their actual interrelationships with themselves and the rest of the world; as well as, the potential hazards and perils of their global dominance)
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quasi-dominance (s) (noun), quasi-dominances (pl)
The property of a heritable recessive trait to appear as if its inheritance is autosomal or X-linked dominant because of the mating of affected individuals with unaffected heterozygous carriers.
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dominance hierarchy, dominance order
The physical domination of some members of a group by other members, in relatively orderly and long-lasting patterns.

Except for the highest-ranking and lowest-ranking individuals, a given member will dominate one or more of its companions and be dominated in turn by one or more of the others.

The hierarchy is initiated and sustained by hostile behavior, albeit sometimes of a subtle and indirect nature.

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