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DOMINANCE
An alternative is said to be dominant with respect
to a second alternative whenever one or more of the consequences
of the first are superior (i.e., preferred according to some
criterion) to the corresponding consequences of the second, and
all others are equally valued. (IIASA)
A relation between pairs of elements of a set which designates which is superior, preferred to or in control of which other. E.g., hierarchies (see hierarchy) in social organizations, a "pecking order" which is characteristic in most communities of social animals, food chains in ecology, all of which can be described by dominance relations. (Krippendorff)
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