States and conditions

Synonyms for dominance

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineStates and conditions

the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

Her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

control

Same sentence, swapped: Her apparent control of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for dominance as it is used in the sentence above.

authorisation
niche
wickedness

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Closest first: other states and conditions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

exposurenounvulnerabilitythe state of being vulnerable or exposedRidgeline feebleadjectivefaintlacking strength or vigorRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line flapnounfussan excited state of agitationRidgelineHas a reason line glarenounblazea light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adaptedRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line aridadjectivedesiccatedlacking vitality or spiritHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line atmospherenounaira distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thingFoothills2 senses attendantadjectivecollateraloccurring with or following as a consequenceTreeline proportionnounratiothe relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degreeRidgeline

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