overdominant

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adjective

Excessively dominant.

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Meanings

adjectiveoverdominant (comparative more overdominant, superlative most overdominant)

comparative more overdominant · superlative most overdominant

  1. Excessively dominant.

    What would cause this reversal in a male's development? One possible answer could be that an overdominant mother is seductive to the child, and the father is weak and detached.

    1991, Richard Evan Jones, Human Reproductive Biology, page 451
  2. biologyExhibiting overdominance.

Origin

From over- + dominant.

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APA

overdominant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdominant

MLA

“overdominant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdominant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overdominant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdominant.

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