dominion
noun
[ dəˈmɪnjən ]
• sovereignty or control.
• "man's attempt to establish dominion over nature"
Similar:
supremacy,
ascendancy,
dominance,
domination,
superiority,
predominance,
pre-eminence,
primacy,
hegemony,
authority,
mastery,
control,
command,
direction,
power,
sway,
rule,
government,
jurisdiction,
sovereignty,
suzerainty,
lordship,
overlordship,
leadership,
influence,
the upper hand,
the whip hand,
the edge,
advantage,
hold,
grasp,
empire,
predomination,
paramountcy,
prepotence,
prepotency,
prepollency,
• the territory of a sovereign or government.
• "the Angevin dominions"
Similar:
dependency,
colony,
protectorate,
territory,
province,
outpost,
satellite,
satellite state,
holding,
possession,
tributary,
fief,
demesne,
realm,
kingdom,
empire,
domain,
country,
nation,
land,
• another term for domination (sense 2).
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin dominio(n- ), from Latin dominium, from dominus ‘lord, master’.
