<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>control; authority; rule; supreme influence.</li><li>the condition of being dominant, or having the authority to influence or control.</li><li>Psychology: the disposition of an individual to assert control in dealing with others.</li><li>Animal Behavior: high status in a social group, usually acquired as the result of aggression, that involves the tendency to take priority in access to limited resources, as food, mates, or space.</li><li>Neurology: the normal tendency for one side of the brain to be more important than the other in controlling certain functions, as speech and language.</li></ul>