world domination

collocation in English

meaningsofworldanddomination

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world
noun
uk
/wɜːld/us
/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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domination
noun[U]
uk
/ˌdɒm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌdɑː.məˈneɪ.ʃən/
power or control over other people ...
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(Definition ofworldanddominationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He also notes that if human-like intelligence allowedworlddomination, then at least some animals should by now have developed it, even without language.
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But there is one very deep ideological difference between the two countries, if they both aim at world revolution andworlddomination.
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It does not have a doctrine that impels it towardsworlddomination.
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On the other hand, there may be this fanatical desire forworlddomination.
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Or is each move merely a step in the fulfilment of an overriding purpose to establishworlddomination?
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They know that we are no longer seekingworlddomination.
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Butworlddominationcan be achieved in many different ways.
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Its methods, its tactics and its manoeuvres may change, but the polar star of its policy—worlddomination—is a fixed star.
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To ask this question is not to indulge in vain dreams of imperial nostalgia orworlddomination.
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After the war came the realisation of what is, perhaps, their sinister purpose; their idea ofworlddomination.
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The answer is that it will be a force forworlddominationand continuing economic discrimination.
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I suggest that everything they have said and done has shown that they are set uponworlddomination.
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They are the ones who have become the most enthusiastic capitalists, neo-liberals and champions of the order ofworlddomination.
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They respect strength and, conversely, any sign of weakness is taken by them as an encouragement to go ahead with their plan forworlddomination.
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He said as his policy that he was seekingworlddomination.
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We do not want anyone to obtainworlddomination.
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She will trade on our horror of war and our reluctance to use the nuclear deterrent, in order to gainworlddomination.
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We dislike its atheism, its materialism, its ruthless pursuit ofworlddomination, and its exploitation of its subjects, but that is a system which is also evolving.
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In the forthcoming round of negotiations, the forces of capitalism are aiming to tear down the final barriers to their freedom of action and theirworlddomination.
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Let us not be mistaken, all of this comes under a strategy forworlddomination, since people are being deprived of the ability to feed themselves.
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