All 5 Uses of
dominate
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Yet probably he has, hidden within himself, the impression which had dominated him during the period of contemplation.†
Chpt 3 *dominated = controlled; or was most influential or powerful
- For Dmitri might at last submit to her domination "to his own happiness" (which was what Alyosha would have desired), but Ivan—no, Ivan could not submit to her, and such submission would not give him happiness.†
Chpt 4domination = control or power over others
- They are not that at all, not at all....They are simply the Romish army for the earthly sovereignty of the world in the future, with the Pontiff of Rome for Emperor ...that's their ideal, but there's no sort of mystery or lofty melancholy about it....It's simple lust of power, of filthy earthly gain, of domination—something like a universal serfdom with them as masters—that's all they stand for.†
Chpt 5
- Alyosha felt instinctively that a character like Katerina Ivanovna's must dominate, and she could only dominate some one like Dmitri, and never a man like Ivan.†
Chpt 4
- Alyosha felt instinctively that a character like Katerina Ivanovna's must dominate, and she could only dominate some one like Dmitri, and never a man like Ivan.†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(dominate) to control; or to be most influential, powerful, abundant, important, or conspicuous
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, domination can refer to a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.