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| advantage |
a position or place of superiority or domination. [2/3 definitions] |
| bossism |
domination or control by bosses, as of a political party or unit or a governmental entity. |
| command |
domination because of location or position. [1/12 definitions] |
| imperialistic |
of or pertaining to the rule or authority of one nation over others by territorial acquisition or through economic or political domination. [1/2 definitions] |
| masochism |
an act or instance of, or preference for, deriving pleasure from being subjected to pain, humiliation, domination, or the like. (Cf. sadism.) [1/2 definitions] |
| mobocracy |
political rule or domination by a mob. |
| mortification |
the domination of one's own body or desires by self-imposed deprivations or other ordeals. [1/3 definitions] |
| nationalist |
(cap.) a follower of a political movement that favors national government and resistance against foreign domination or interference. [1/3 definitions] |
| upper hand |
a position of domination, control, or advantage. |
| Vietminh |
a Vietnamese organization, formed in 1941 by a coalition of nationalists and communists, that sought independence from domination by the Japanese and the French. [1/2 definitions] |
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