dominion
kekuasaan
definition
noun
man's attempt to establish dominion over nature
sovereignty; control.
the Angevin dominions
the territory of a sovereign or government.
example
The revisionists' 'dominion' over the domestic side of Cold War history has been even more total.
From public schools to elementary schools, the history of the empire was still little taught, while for most young people Empire Day meant an extra holiday rather than a commitment to 'dominion' over palm and pine.
man's attempt to establish 'dominion' over nature
You grit your teeth in pride as the machine roars to terrible life, proclaiming your 'dominion' over all who dare to get in your way.
I was filled with fantasies of my new life, a life of travel, financial laissez-faire, and total 'dominion' over my own space.
Humans can labour with their hands and brains, can plan and develop productive techniques, and have amassed centuries of culture and knowledge that have enabled them to control and hold 'dominion' over the rest of nature.
We have 'dominion' over the plants, the animals, the trees.
Traditions teach us that we should have 'dominion' over nature, and not be a part of nature.
Expectations that wild animals be seen and not heard, that they not get too close, reveal that we still believe we hold 'dominion' over animals and nature.
That is when the state takes 'dominion' over the highways, treating them as their own.
But of course, not everything in the garden is lovely, and there are times when nature's 'dominion' over the humble gardener can be infuriating.
man's attempt to establish 'dominion' over nature
There's no sign that any monarch would have recognised the concept, given that throughout history they'd a habit of claiming 'dominion' over many nations.
Those who advocate corporate 'dominion' over broadband services dismiss the notion that consumer choice will be curtailed.
By the time Orwell returned to England in 1927 he had a hatred not just of colonialism, but of ‘every form of man's 'dominion' over man’.
To consider work and the worker in the light of humanity's 'dominion' over the earth goes to the very heart of the ethical and social question.
The cells reduced all other species to near elimination, and established 'dominion' over the corporeal plane of the entity.
Such 'dominion' , already established with the water mill and other mechanisations, became part of the perspective of the new intellectuals.
All activities by which we shape and maintain our world, in all of its many complexities, also are an expression of the power of 'dominion' over the world.
It identifies the restoration of 'dominion' over the powers in the new humanity.
In truth they are animated by nothing but their own lust for power and their desire for 'dominion' over others.
To further empower corporate 'dominion' over nation-states, it gives private corporations and investors ‘legal standing’ to sue sovereign governments.
Self-governing 'dominions' in the British Empire - such as Canada and after 1947 India - also had one vote each.
Indeed in 1892, when it was necessary to appoint a new Poet Laureate, Queen Victoria is reported to have said to Gladstone: ‘I am told that Mr Swinburne is the best poet in my 'dominions' .’
These mass marketing 'dominions' have attitudes struck with such unbelievable good cheer and personalities so beaming they outshine the Northern lights.
But they are also fully aware that all the powers and 'dominions' of the earth are arrayed against them and regularly torment them.
So the imperialists had to wait until 1932, when food import tariffs were introduced generally again, and a series of bilateral agreements negotiated with the 'dominions' and colonies to favour them.
In many respects the government has allowed the northern sultanates to apply their own laws in their 'dominions' , and in return the leaders of these ministates lend their support to national governmental structures.
War itself brought changes as the status of self-governing 'dominions' moved toward de facto independence.
Subsequently, the Spanish empire and its Italian 'dominions' formed the dominant pole of both political theory and political practice in the peninsula.
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