dominance

(noun) superior development of one side of the body. Synonyms: laterality.

(noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another. Synonyms: ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control. Example: "Her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her."

(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.

(noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions. Synonyms: authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, say-so. Examples: "He has the authority to issue warrants." "Deputies are given authorization to make arrests." "A place of potency in the state."