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World domination, structure where one dominant power governs the planet; Colonialism in which one group (usually a nation) invades another region for material gain or to eliminate competition; Chauvinism in which a person or group consider themselves to be superior, and thus entitled to use force to dominate others
Dominatrix, a woman who takes the dominant role in BDSM activities; Strategic dominance, in game theory, when one strategy is better for one opponent regardless of the other opponent's strategy; Dominance (linguistics), a relationship between syntactic nodes; Dominance (geography), a radius used with topographic isolation
D/s participants often refer to their activity as "play", with an individual play session being called a "scene". In addition to "dominant" and "submissive" a "switch" is a person who can take either role. [7] The dominant and submissive relations pertain to two people who play with psychological, emotional, and/or physical dominance.
A dominant may have multiple persons collared. Also: a pup's status, as differentiated from a "stray". [citation needed] Collaring: The formal acceptance by a dominant of a sub's service. Also, the ceremony when a dominant commits to a sub (much like a wedding or other contract). [21] [22] Contrapolar stimulation: "Hurts so good!”
The terms submissive and dominant are often used to distinguish these roles: the dominant partner ("dom") takes psychological control over the submissive ("sub"). The terms top and bottom are also used; the top is the instigator of an action while the bottom is the receiver of the action.
Dominatrix is the feminine form of the Latin dominator, a ruler or lord, and was originally used in a non-sexual sense.Its use in English dates back to at least 1561. Its earliest recorded use in the prevalent modern sense, as a female dominant in sadomasochism, dates to 1961. [1]
Market dominance is the control of a economic market by a firm. [1] A dominant firm possesses the power to affect competition [2] and influence market price. [3] A firms' dominance is a measure of the power of a brand, product, service, or firm, relative to competitive offerings, whereby a dominant firm can behave independent of their competitors or consumers, [4] and without concern for ...
This is because women are perceived as less competitive and dominant than men and are thought to be less likely to display dominance (Burgoon et al., as cited by Youngquist, 2009); a woman who displays dominance might potentially be perceived as more dominant than a man displaying the same behavior because her behavior will be seen as unusual ...