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Definition: Domination |
DominationNoun1. Social control by dominating. 2. Power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "domination" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Etymology: Domination \Dom`i*na"tion\, noun. [French expression domination, from Latin expression dominatio.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: DominationSynonyms: mastery (n), supremacy (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Government | Command, empire, sway, rule; dominion, domination; sovereignty, supremacy, suzerainty; lordship, headship; chiefdom; seigniory, seigniority. |
Influence | Noun: influence; importance; weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway; predominance, predominancy; ascendency; dominance, reign; control, domination, pull; authority; capability; (power); effect; interest. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Domination |
| English words defined with "domination": Africanize ♦ battle of Sempatch, bossism ♦ Cephalization ♦ hegemony ♦ monopolisation, monopolization ♦ Sempatch. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "domination": Fenians ♦ INCOMPATIBILITY, institutionalisation, institutionalization. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "domination": Africanize. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Domination" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (command, control, domination, dominion, influence, mastership, mastery, restraint, ruling), German (ascendence). |
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Screenplays | It's the game of global domination being played by two men who can barely run their own lives. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) At least tell me your plans for world domination! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Item 157 Global Domination. Enslave the human race! (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) Hundreds of grandchildren, domination of the known worlds and for all of my enemies to die in horrible accidents that can't be traced back to me. How about you? (Andromeda; writing credit: John Cranna) World domination! Ask for world domination! (SpongeBob SquarePants; writing credit: Leonardo Fasoli; Patrizia Fassio) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Global Domination (2000) Best of Female Domination 15 (1995) The Inseminator 2: Domination Day (1994) Depths of Domination (1993) Best of Female Domination 12 (1993) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | It is sufficient to recall that in our present historical situation ... there are only two possible paths for an independent nation--to return to imperialist domination ... or take the way of socialism. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Mikhail A. Bakunin | If there is a state, then there is domination, and in turn there is slavery. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Conformable hereunto we find the people of America, who (living out of the reach of the conquering swords, and spreading domination of the two great empires of Peru and Mexico) enjoyed their own natural freedom, though, caeteris paribus, they commonly prefer the heir of their deceased king; yet if they find him any way weak, or uncapable, they pass him by, and set up the stoutest and bravest man for their ruler. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Business | The Government established both organizations in the 1950's to eliminate perceived foreign domination of local Christian groups. (references) | |
U.S. market domination is expected to continue in the foreseeable future, despite increased competition from local and third country suppliers. (references) | ||
Until the 1990s the history of the development of the petroleum and gas industries in Argentina was one of state initiation, private sector involvement through the temporary concession of certain activities, followed by even stronger domination by state owned companies. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | India | By using the adjective "missionary," the RSS taps into a longstanding fear of foreign religious domination. (references) |
Economic History | Macau | Japanese domination ended in August 1945. (references) |
Poland | The communists then established a regime entirely under their domination. (references) | |
Human Rights | Turkey | In some cases, the ward inmates indoctrinated and punished fellow prisoners, resulting in gang and terrorist group domination of entire wards. (references) |
Minorities | Nigeria | These provisions were included in response to previous domination of the Government and the armed forces by northerners and Muslims. (references) |
Romania | The centuries-long domination of the Orthodox Church, and its status as the majority religion, has resulted in the Orthodox Church's reluctance (in particular at the local level and with the support of low-level officials) to accept the existence of other religions. (references) | |
Political Economy | Kyrgyz Republic | Executive domination of the judiciary limited citizens' right to due process. (references) |
Burma | It now exercises oppressive, heavy-handed domination over the political, economic and social life of Burma. (references) | |
Guinea-Bissau | The PRS victory ended the 26-year domination of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC). (references) | |
Political Rights | Guinea-Bissau | The victory of the PRS ended the 26-year domination by the PAIGC. (references) |
Singapore | As a result of these and other factors, opposition parties have been unable to challenge seriously the PAP's domination of the political system. (references) | |
Belarus | This was a particular concern in light of the total domination of voting commissions, which were charged with conducting the election, by regime supporters. (references) | |
Trade | Cote D'ivoire | Traditional barriers to U.S. exports and investment include: (1) Lack of U.S. interest due to the relatively small market size and stronger attraction of other overseas markets; limited data; and perceived French and European domination of the market due to French-based legal, commercial, and financial systems; (2) Use of French language, business practices, and technical standards; the cost of producing sales collateral and packaging for the Francophone region. (references) |
Worker Rights | Guatemala | The approximately 1,300 registered unions were generally independent of government and political party domination. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Incompatibility may, however, consist of a meek-eyed matron living just around the corner. It has even been known to wear a moustache. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | If you compare such a country with the regions of domination, whether monarchical or aristocratical, you will fancy yourself in Arcadia or Elysium. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | But Communist domination in this Hemisphere can never be negotiated. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Yet the threat from Soviet forces, conventional and strategic, from the Soviet drive for domination, from the increase in espionage and state terror remains great. |
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| "Domination" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Domination" is used about 895 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 895 | 7,971 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "domination": venetian domination ♦ world domination. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "domination": male-domination, serb-domination. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "domination"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zotërim (assimilation, command, dominance, enjoyment, grasp, holding, keeping, lordship, mastership, mastery, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, tenure), sundim (dispensation, dominance, dominion, grip, gripe, lordship, Raj), mbizotërim (ascendant, dominance, preponderance, prevalence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هيمنة (ascendancy, dominance, overriding, predominance, predomination, sway, uppercut), سيطرة (ascendant, clutch, command, control, dominance, empire, government, gripe, hand, hegemony, hold, mastery, overriding, predominance, predomination, prevalence, reign, restraint, rule, ruling, weight), إشراف (command, direction, hand, nobility, overlooking, oversight, presidency, stewardship, superintendence, supervision, surveillance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | господство (ascendancy, command, dominance, empire, hegemony, lordship, mastership, mastery, rule, supremacy), влияние (action, coloring, colouring, credit, dominance, drag, effect, empire, force, grip, gripe, hold, impact, influence, interest, leaven, prestige, pull, punch, purchase, reach, stimulus, sway), доминиране. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 統治 (rule, to dominate, to rule), 控制权, 天下 (land under heaven, rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | panství (domain, manor, seigniory), nadvláda (ascendancy, dominion, predominance, supremacy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dominering. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | overheersing. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | herruus (authority, superiority, supremacy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | domination (dominion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vorherrschaft (dominance, hegemony, predominance, prevalence, supremacy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυριαρχία (ascendency, command, domain, dominion, reign, sovereignty, supremacy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שליט" (ascendancy, authority, command, control, disposal, disposition, dominance, dominion, mastery, predominance, predomination, proficiency, take over), "שתלטות (prevailing, seizure, taking control), "'מו י" (episcopate, hegemony, predominance, supremacy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | uralom (domain, dominion, empire, hegemony, mastery, raj, regime, reign, rule, suzerainty, sway), uralkodás (dominance, dominion, governance, mastery, predominance, reign, rule, ruling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | dominasi, kekuasaan (authorization, clout, dominance, hegemony, power, sway). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dominio (command, demesne, domain, dominion, lordship, mastership, mastery, rule, sway). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 制覇 (conquest, mastery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さゆう (control, influence, left and right), ばっ" (prevalence, rampancy), せいは (conquest, mastery), はぎょう (supremacy), ちょうりょう (jumping about, rampancy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 지배 (Bossing, Dominant, Dominating, governance, mastering, mastery, reign, ruling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kioneys (command, dominance, hegemony), chiarnys (domain, dominion, lordship, manor, peerage), ard-reiltys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | herredømme (dominion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ominationday dominação. (various references) dominaţie (dominion, prevalence, reign, rule), stãpânire (authority, command, continence, control, demesne, dominance, dominion, empire, enjoyment, government, grip, hand, holding, keeping, lordship, masterdom, mastery, ownership, possession, reign, rule, sovereignty, sway), imperiu (dominion, empire, reign, rule). (various references) господство (dominance, mastery, predominance, prevalence, raj). (various references) dominacija (ascendancy, dominance), nadmoćnost (excellence, odds, pre eminence, preeminence, superiority), nadmoć (ascendancy, mastery, preponderance, superiority). (various references) dominación (dominance, subjugation). (various references) herravälde (command, dominance, dominanse, dominion, hegemony, hold, lordship, mastery). (various references) การมีอำนาจเหนือกว่า. (various references) otorite (arm, authority, control, discipline, power), nüfuz (authority, clout, diffusion, dominance, force, hold, influence, interest, moment, penetration, prestige, pull, purchase, wire), hakimiyet (command, control, dominance, dominion, imperium, Raj, sovereignty), hükmetme (commanding, possessive, suzerainty, sway), egemenlik (ascendancy, ascendency, dominance, hegemony, imperium, mastery, Raj, reign, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, sway). (various references) влада (arm, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendant, attribution, authority, cathedra, command, faculty, grip, gripe, hold, in, lordship, reign, rod), панування (ascendance, ascendancy, dominance, grasp, mastery, predominance, predominancy, supremacy). (various references) sức chi phối, sự trội hơn (excellence), sự thống trị ưu thế. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dominatio, dominatio, dominium, dominatione, dominationem, dominationemque, dominationes, dominationis, dominatus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "domination": dominations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "domination": predomination. (additional references) | |
Words containing "domination": predominations. (additional references) | |
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"Domination" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adomination, dimunition, Dominati, dominition, dominton, dumbnation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "domination" (pronounced dÄ'munā"shun) |
| 8 | -Ä' m u n ā" sh u n | abomination, nomination, renomination. |
| 7 | -m u n ā" sh u n | antidiscrimination, contamination, culmination, decontamination, denomination, determination, discrimination, dissemination, elimination, emanation, examination, extermination, germination, illumination, incrimination, insemination, nondiscrimination, recrimination, reexamination, rumination, termination, transillumination. |
| 6 | -u n ā" sh u n | alienation, assassination, combination, concatenation, coordination, coronation, decaffeination, desalination, destination, detonation, disinclination, divination, explanation, fascination, hallucination, hydrogenation, imagination, impersonation, inclination, incoordination, indoctrination, insubordination, intonation, machination, ordination, origination, pagination, pollination, predestination, procrastination, profanation, rejuvenation, subordination, vaccination. |
| 5 | -n ā" sh u n | carnation, condemnation, consternation, damnation, designation, donation, hibernation, impregnation, incarnation, indignation, nation, reincarnation, resignation, stagnation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concentration, conciliation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, cultivation, dalmatian, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, disembarkation, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, documentation, domestication, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elongation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, harmonization, hesitation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hyperinflation, identification, illustration, imitation, immigration, immunization, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incorporation, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, organisation, organization, orientation, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procreation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, titillation, toleration, transformation, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: admonition. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-i-m-n-n-o-o-t" | |
-2 letters: dominant, dominion, donation, iodation, monition. | |
-3 letters: amotion, indamin, midnoon. | |
-4 letters: amidin, amnion, anoint, daimio, daimon, diamin, diatom, domain, domino, intima, manito, mantid, minion, motion, nation, nomina, notion, tinman. | |
-5 letters: admit, amido, amino, amnio, animi, anion, danio, donna, idiom, idiot, imido, imino, inion, iodin, matin, monad, mondo, nitid, niton, nomad, nomoi, oidia, onion, ootid, timid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-i-m-n-n-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: admonitions, dominations. | |
+2 letters: demonization, denomination. | |
+3 letters: demonizations, denominations, modernisation, modernization, nondiplomatic, predomination, randomization. | |
+4 letters: demonetization, denominational, disinformation, modernisations, modernizations, predominations, randomizations. | |
+5 letters: codetermination, decontamination, demonetizations, disinformations, intermodulation, omnidirectional. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 6F 6D 69 6E 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. --- -- .. -. .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o m i n a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 006D 0069 006E 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38817975806786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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