world domination
Total planetary conquest
World domination is total control over the entire planet—the ambition of supervillains, would-be emperors, and megalomaniacal dictators.
The phrase appears seriously in discussions of geopolitical strategy but more often ironically or hyperbolically: Step one in my plan for world domination: learn to cook.
Video games and fiction frequently feature world domination as the villain's goal.
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- empireDomain under unified control
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- globalRelating to entire world
- hegemonyDominant group's control
dictator · supervillain · megalomaniac · doomsday device · throne · power · control · iron grip · overlord · regime · takeover · supremacy · iron fist · puppet states · conspiracy · master plan · evil plan · mastermind
- comic themesheroism, villainy, secret identity, origin story, super strength
- conquestwar of conquest, capture, invasion, subjugation, imperial conquest
- Mad Scientistmad scientist, secret lab, lab coat, laboratory, evil genius
- James Bond007, James Bond, Ian Fleming, MI6, Q
- strategy gameschess, strategy, checkers, go, Go
- success idiomshit the jackpot, strike gold, make it, rags to riches, come out on top
world dominationlocal governance
Community-level administration system
regional influence · isolationism · localism · national sovereignty · neighborhood watch
world dominationworld peace
Global absence of conflict
international cooperation · anarchy · multilateralism · decentralization · self-governance
world dominationpowerlessness
Inability to affect outcomes
total defeat · subjugation · obscurity · servitude · impotence
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