See superdominant on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2009, Peter Hedström, Peter Bearman, The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology, →ISBN:",
"text": "In decision-theoretical tenns, therefore, to believe in God is superdominant over disbelieving.",
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"Comprising the winning strategy in all cases."
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"(decision theory) Comprising the winning strategy in all cases."
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"The sixth tone of the scale, immediately above the dominant."
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"(music) The sixth tone of the scale, immediately above the dominant."
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"ref": "1975, William R. Burch, Beyond Growth: Essays on Alternative Futures, page 76:",
"text": "A strategy for survival is needed to replace man's present role as an unrestricted superdominant of the biosphere, for this role is a strategy for self-defeat.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "1997, F. E. Wielgolaski, Polar and Alpine Tundra - Volume 3, →ISBN, page 405:",
"text": "The earthworm Eisenia nordenskioldi is also a typical superdominant of tundra cenoses.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2008, Annales Zoologici - Volume 58, Issues 1-2, page 270:",
"text": "Asca bicornis (27.8%) was no longer a superdominant, and three species of the family Laelapidae (Hypoaspis claviger, H. nolli and Hypoaspis aculeifer) jointly constituted 31.3% of total",
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"sense": "sixth tone of the scale",
"word": "submediant"
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