DOMINANCE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

Example: her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her

Categories: Condition, Status

Part of speech: Noun

the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not

Categories: Organic phenomenon

dominant – A related word in the same word family.

ance – A related word in the same word family.

Technical fields like law and medicine preserve Latin and Greek because precision matters more than simplicity.