1.
controlling power; dominance; commanding influence
The power or ability to control, dominate, or exert decisive influence over people, organizations, markets, or situations.
支配力を持つ。
To hold controlling power.
その企業は市場での支配力を強めている。
That company is strengthening its dominance in the market.
王の支配力は国の隅々まで及んでいた。
The king's controlling power extended to every corner of the country.
SNSの普及により、マスメディアの支配力が低下した。
With the spread of social media, the dominance of mass media has declined.
Composed of 支配 (control, domination) and 力 (power, strength). The suffix ～力 creates abstract nouns denoting the capacity or strength to do something.
Used in political, economic, and social contexts to describe the ability of an entity — whether a ruler, corporation, ideology, or institution — to exert decisive control or influence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 支配力を持つ: to hold controlling power
- 支配力を強める: to strengthen one's dominance
- 支配力が及ぶ: for controlling power to extend/reach
- 支配力を失う: to lose one's controlling power
- 市場支配力: market dominance
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 影響力: influence — broader and softer than 支配力; does not imply direct control
- 権力: political power, authority — focuses on institutionalized power, especially in government
- 統率力: leadership ability — the power to lead and unify a group, with a positive connotation