dominatable
dominatable adjective: capable of being dominated.
Adjective
dominatable (comparative more dominatable, superlative most dominatable)
- Capable of being dominated.
- Most important, as South Asian historian Ronald Inden relates, for empiricists and rationalists that role was "the unchangeable" and /or "the absolutely different" (and therefore inscrutable and dominatable), and, for romantics, the "spiritual or ideal" Other.1992, Janelle G. Reinelt, Critical Theory and Performance, page 26
- By transposing Gianni Vattimo's philosophical concept of "transparency" onto the Italian Futurist movement, the author detects the Futurists' attempts to construct a "transparent woman," one who would be totally penetrable and dominatable.1994, Giovanna Miceli Jeffries, Feminine Feminists: Cultural Practices in Italy
Forms of dominatable
| comparative | more dominatable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dominatable |
Origin of dominatable
From dominate + -able.
Questions about dominatable
- What does dominatable mean?
- Dominatable means capable of being dominated.
- What part of speech is dominatable?
- Dominatable is an adjective.
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