power and influence over others:the worldwide dominance of Hollywood
Genetics the phenomenon whereby, in an individual containing two allelic forms of a gene, one is expressed to the exclusion of the other:all had, in conformity with the principle of dominance, round seeds with yellow cotyledons
Ecology the predominance of one or more species in a plant (or animal) community:some plants produce structures to outcompete other species for dominance in a given habitat
Derivatives
dominancy
noun
dominance in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of dominance in the US English dictionary
