dominance

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the quality of being more important, strong, or successful than anything else of the same type:

The party's dominance in Scotland was being challenged for the first time.

The dominance of the car makes cycling and walking increasingly difficult.

the company's growing dominance of the sports shoe industry

the action of taking control of other people or animals in a forceful way, or the quality of liking to do this:

The new chairman appears to be trying to assert his dominance with a set of personnel changes.

The accepted way to manage elephants in zoos was through close contact and dominance.

the quality in a gene of always producing a particular characteristic in a person, plant, or animal:

There are a small number of human genes whose dominance is contingent upon which parent contributes them.

the situation in which one company, product, etc. has more power, influence, or success than others:

The ability of a firm to set or control market prices is a sign of dominance.