dominance

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun superior development of one side of the body
noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
noun the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not

From dominant + -ance.

Each in its way claims dominance. — India, Its Life and Thought, John P. (John Peter) Jones
But Kennicott's dominance was heavy upon her. — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
His dominance over, the empire will fall. — Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930, Various

laterality

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