Domination
Related: authority - power - cultural hegemony - sexual domination
Contrast with: obedience - submission
Definition
The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others. --American Heritage DictionaryDomination is the condition of having control or power over people or things. An authoritarian or totalitarian regime seeks to arbitrarily maintain and enforce political domination over its population. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domination [May 2006]
Dominant ideology
The dominant ideology, in Marxist or marxian theory, is the set of common values and beliefs shared by most people in a given society, framing how the majority think about a range of topics, from art and science to politics. It precedes and overlaps with the idea of a paradigm. Compare with Gramsci's hegemony. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_ideology [Jun 2006]
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