dominant position
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A dominant position is one of control or commanding advantage over others.
In business and antitrust law, it describes a company with enough market power to act independently of competitors and customers: The EU found the tech giant had abused its dominant position.
In chess and sports, it means strategic superiority: She held a dominant position going into the final round.
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- controlAuthority to direct
- iron gripExtremely tight grasp
- supremacyHighest rank or power
advantage · stranglehold · hierarchy · leverage · influence · hegemony · ascendancy · whip hand · prestige · market share · lion's share · keystone species · seat of power · privilege · antitrust · power dynamics · foothold · leadership
- advantagesedge, leverage, upper hand, leg up, head start
- Media Ownershipmedia ownership, media mergers, media monopolies, media conglomerates, media outlets
- antitrustantitrust, price fixing, cartel, collusion, antitrust laws
dominant positionsubordination
Lower position in hierarchy
subservience · servitude · subjugation · powerlessness · vassal state