Antonyms for mastery

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mas-tuh-ree, mah-stuh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæs tə ri, ˈmɑ stə-

Definition of mastery

Origin : early 13c., mesterie, "condition of being a master," also "superiority, victory;" from Old French maistrie, from maistre "master" (see master (n.)). Meaning "intellectual command" (of a topic, etc.) is from 1660s.

noun command, expertise

Example sentences :

I refer, of course, to man's mastery over the latent forces of Nature.
Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams

For his love's sake, he must seize on this opportunity given of fate to him for mastery.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Mastery of his rules will not help another to win business success.
Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell

The latter is complete—it is the mastery of an originator of style.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

There remains yet the fifth act in which one would think they should show their mastery.
Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus

Everything that we learn is the mastery of a difficulty; and the mastery of one helps to the mastery of others.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

Here was mastery and power, something far and away beyond him.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Love and Duty fought for the mastery of her pure Soul: and Duty was the conqueror.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

But anger and fear soon got the mastery of him, and he spurned her from him.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

All day the battle had swayed in a fierce struggle for mastery.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

Synonyms for mastery

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