Superdominant

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

(law) Having an overwhelming proportion of market share, so as to be almost a monopoly..

Definitions by Sense

1. (law) Having an overwhelming proportion of market share, so as to be almost a monopoly.
2. Having a disproportionate degree of influence or salience.
3. (biology) Holding a position of absolute dominance.
4. Extremely dominating; controlling.
5. (genetics) Controlling or enhancing the expression of another pair of genes or chromosomes.
6. (anatomy, of an artery) Sufficiently large so as to control the blood flow to an area.
7. (forestry) Rising above the general level of the overstory.
8. (decision theory) Comprising the winning strategy in all cases.

Example Sentences

I would like to come back to the idea of making a distinction between so-called 'superdominant' companies and 'just dominant' companies.

According to O'Donoghue & Padilla (2006) 168–69, the concept of superdominance is problematic, given that there is no objective economic test that makes it possible to define when a company is superdominant and its behaviour should be subjected to greater scrutiny.

Simply put, if the entity that is in superdominant position is allowed to justify its rules or conduct that have restrictive effect on the market, then the claimed benefits to the public interest should be proven genuine and not merely hypothetical.

New York, and later, Chicago were superdominant major centers for entire sections of the country. It is easy to understand how they grew into the main centers of jazz.

The face becomes superdominant, the eye subdominant, but nothing is properly predominant.

There is, therefore, a fairly complete control by the dominant culture of the institution of education—the institution that is the superdominant and required administrating arm of the rite de passage for all children.

Although the level of aggression was greatly reduced after the first day, the superdominant hierarchy persisted, although not always with the same superdominant individual.

In the competition-dependent alternatives of a social insect colony or a lek, the frequency of dominant individuals need only be one to make subordinate alternatives more advantageous, and the frequency of dominant behavior may only vary between one (when the superdominant position of queen or harem chief is filled) and zero (when the position becomes vacant).

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• more superdominant
• most superdominant
• superdominants

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