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/dˌɑmənˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Domination n.

The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway. "In such a people, the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom."

A ruling party; a party in power. (R.)

pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; a meaning given by the schoolmen. "Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers."

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... Perhaps such a place is Coronado Beach —that semi-tropical flower-garden by the sea. Perhaps another is the Timeo Terrace at Taormina. There, without moving, one has the most exquisite sea and shore far below him, so far that he has the feeling of domination without effort; the most picturesque crags and castle peaks; he has all classic legend under his eye without the trouble of reading, and mediaeval romance as well; ruins from the time of Theocritus to Freeman, with no responsibility ...

— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner

... than a small part of its power to produce, the influence of legislative interference with trade upon the good or the bad utilisation of productive power is a matter of very little importance. Of what advantage is it to the free traders that a nation under the domination of their commercial system is able to make the most prolific use of their industrial capacities, so long as the continuance of industrial servitude prevents this nation from enjoying more than enough to satisfy the barest necessities of life? More ...

— Freeland - A Social Anticipation • Theodor Hertzka

... exclusive possession in Florida, and it was during this period that these imposing results were achieved. In 1680 a settlement of Scotch Presbyterians at Port Royal in South Carolina seemed like a menace to the Spanish domination. It was wholly characteristic of the Spanish colony to seize the sword at once and destroy its nearest Christian neighbor. It took the sword, and perished by the sword. The war of races and sects thus inaugurated went on, with intervals of quiet, ...

— A History of American Christianity • Leonard Woolsey Bacon

... his quiet exterior. In this instance his employers had put a trust into his hands. He had resolved to go through with his task. But now there was added another incentive—a very distinct determination to give Gideon Ward at least one check and lesson in his career of wholesale domination. ...

— The Rainy Day Railroad War • Holman Day

... of Union. In the Confederacy itself nearly all dissent was silenced by war. Men who had been bitter opponents joined hands in defense of their homes; when the armed conflict was over they remained side by side working against "Republican misrule and negro domination." By 1890, after Northern supremacy was definitely broken, they boasted that there were at least twelve Southern states in which no Republican candidate for President could win a ...

— History of the United States • Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard

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