dominations

Noun

domination (countable and uncountable, plural dominations)

1. Control by means of superior ability, influence, position, or resources; prevailing force.
   • First, relations of power and domination have been and continue to be significantly constitutive of social relations in modern societies.2001, Angus Stewart, Theories of Power and Domination, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   thrall

2. The exercise of power in ruling; sovereignty; authority; government.
   • [...] thou and thine vſurpe / The Dominations, Royalties, and rights / Of this oppreſſed boy; [...]c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
3. A dominion; an angel from a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.
   • Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
4. A fetish characterized by control and power over and discipline of one's sexual partner; sometimes including topping or sadism.
   • By night, I am Mistress Shay Noir, the Black queen of domination. The world's most beautiful sadist.2017, Teejay LeCapois, The Black Dominatrix Universe, →ISBN, page 121

   Antonyms:

   submission

5. Synonym of cover.
   • With more than 200 research papers published on the algorithmic complexity of domination and related parameters of graphs, it is difficult to know what to cover in a relatively short chapter on the subject, especially since it could take quite a few pages just to cover the preliminaries of...1998, Teresa W. Haynes, Stephen T. Hedetniemi, Peter J. Slater, Fundamentals of Domination in Graphs, →ISBN, page 299

   Synonyms:

   cover