domination
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noun
- Control by means of superior ability, influence, position, or resources; prevailing force.
- The exercise of power in ruling; sovereignty; authority; government.
- A dominion; an angel from a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.
- A fetish characterized by control and power over and discipline of one's sexual partner; sometimes including topping or sadism.
- Synonym of cover.
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From Middle English domynacion, from Old French dominacion, from Latin dominātiō (“rule, dominion”), from dominor (“domineer; rule”); see dominate.
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