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Dominant Ideology: In Marxism, the system of beliefs about the world propagated and supported by the society's ruling class.

Subdominant: The fourth scale step, fa.

Subdominant Chord: Chord built on the fourth scale step, the IV chord.

Dominant: Refers to an allele of a gene that is always expressed in heterozygotes.

Dominant Tenement: The estate that is said to attach to and derive benefit from the servient estate in reference to an easement appurtenant. For example, an easement road passes over an owners land (the servie . . . View Full Definition

Autosomal Dominant: A gene on one of the non-sex chromosomes that is always expressed, even if only one copy is present. The chance of passing the gene to offspring is 50% for each pregnancy.

Dominant Chord: Chord built on the fifth scale step, the V chord.

Preferred Reading: In cultural studies, the interpretation of the text that is stressed by the text itself. Marxists presume this reading to align with the dominant ideology.