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dominated

dominated

2.9
Controlled by a more powerful person, group, or force
  • adjective
  • /ˈdɑːməˌneɪtɪd/
translation icon : dominada
  • In many cultures, sports are often dominated by male athletes.

This page, for example, is dominated by Apple and Google.

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Examples

  • So it's very much a kind of male dominated kind of field.

  • Now I've worked in female dominated occupations my entire life.

  • This is what an ordered industrial northern dominated economy could could be.

  • A very conservative Republican dominated legislature and state.

  • It has been a very dominated right wing world.

  • I was in a sport which volleyball is a, is a highly dominated feminine female sport.

  • I was in a sport which volleyball is a, is a highly dominated feminine female sport.

  • They fought white dominated unions for those black jobs.

  • They're also working in a masculine dominated career.

  • And this is Uttar Pradresh in a Muslim dominated state in India.

Synonyms

ruled
vsdominated
3.0

People who live under a ruler or government

is control by a stronger person or group rather than formal governance
subjugated
vsdominated
  • Formal
7.9

People that others force to obey and lose their freedom

is being controlled by a more powerful force but not always by violent conquest

Antonyms

4.9

Free from traditional social rules in behavior and personal relationships

How Dominated

subjugated
  • Formal
7.9
dominated
2.9
affected
3.6

Surface Forms

dominated positive

Morphology

dominated = dominate (transparent) = dominate + ed

Regular adjectival use of the past participle formed from 'dominate' meaning 'controlled by' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word dominated comes from the old Latin word dominus, meaning 'lord' or 'master', and you can see the same root in dominion and domain. So, to be dominated is to be under someone else's rule or control.