Sentence examples for a dominant group from inspiring English sources

An apartheid regime is imposed by a dominant group as a way of defending and legitimising its dominance.

hegemony noun \hi-ˈje-mə-nē, -ˈge-; ˈhe-jə-ˌmō-nē\ : influence or control over another country, a group of people, etc. 1: preponderant influence or authority over others : domination 2: the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group.

For McGinley and such a dominant group of players, they truly are.

In the oceans, mollusks—including ammonites, bivalves, and gastropods became a dominant group.

The term is "hegemony" – defined as "the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group".

This work showed that F. prausnitzii and phylogenetically related species represent a dominant group within the human fecal flora.

Providing support may thus represent a tactical way to reinforce a good relationship with a useful dominant group member.

And when a more dominant group mate approached, a gesturer would orient its gaze toward that dominant, immediately taking its hand off and avoiding if the dominant came too close.

If it is a sudden change in status to a once dominant group that drives electorates to the far right, as political scientist Roger Petersen has argued – then we have to start with the biggest change in status of all time.

Whereas, viruses isolated in China in 2005 and 2006 formed an independent sublineage named China05, as a sister group to China04, suggesting a newly dominant group of viruses in China since 2005.

Cultural domination, or being forced to see things from the perspective of a socially dominant group, cultivates feelings of incapability and denies the values and experiences of the oppressed (Bartky 1990b, 25).