Antonyms for mastery


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mas-tuh-ree, mah-stuh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæs tə ri, ˈmɑ stə-


Definition of mastery

Origin :
  • early 13c., mesterie, "condition of being a master," also "superiority, victory;" from Old French maistrie, from maistre "master" (see master (n.)). Meaning "intellectual command" (of a topic, etc.) is from 1660s.
  • noun command, expertise
Example sentences :
  • I refer, of course, to man's mastery over the latent forces of Nature.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • For his love's sake, he must seize on this opportunity given of fate to him for mastery.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Mastery of his rules will not help another to win business success.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • The latter is complete—it is the mastery of an originator of style.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • There remains yet the fifth act in which one would think they should show their mastery.
  • Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus
  • Everything that we learn is the mastery of a difficulty; and the mastery of one helps to the mastery of others.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Here was mastery and power, something far and away beyond him.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Love and Duty fought for the mastery of her pure Soul: and Duty was the conqueror.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • But anger and fear soon got the mastery of him, and he spurned her from him.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • All day the battle had swayed in a fierce struggle for mastery.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

Synonyms for mastery

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