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Antonyms for domination

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dom-uh-ney-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɒm əˈneɪ ʃən


Definition of domination

Origin :
  • late 14c., "rule, control," from Old French dominacion (12c.) "domination, rule, power," from Latin dominationem (nominative dominatio), noun of action from past participle stem of dominari "to rule, have dominion over," from dominus "lord, master," literally "master of the house," from domus "home" (see domestic) + -nus, suffix denoting ownership or relation. Sexual sense by 1961.
  • noun control; subjection
Example sentences :
  • The dread of French domination seems to have haunted him like a nightmare.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Only an individual here and there sees that freedom and domination must belong to us.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • But it by no means follows that the domination of servitude must, or even can, be perpetual.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • Here, then, was the end of that life-long dream of domination.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • Therefore, the greatest thing for the world was the domination of the Pope.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • There is no chance for sex supremacy, for domination, or dispute, or jealousy.
  • Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
  • Because she's weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.
  • Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • Mata would have trusted this sacred rite to no domination but her own.
  • Extract from : « The Dragon Painter » by Mary McNeil Fenollosa
  • Their names may stand thus—Calhoun and domination—Webster and degradation.
  • Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass

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