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ASCENDANCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state that exists when one person or group has power over another
Example:
her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
Synonyms:
ascendance; ascendancy; ascendence; ascendency; control; dominance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ascendancy" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ascendancy"):
ascendant; ascendent (position or state of being dominant or in control)
domination; mastery; supremacy (power to dominate or defeat)
predominance; predomination; prepotency (the state of being predominant over others)
dominion; rule (dominance or power through legal authority)
regulation (the state of being controlled or governed)
absolutism; despotism; tyranny (dominance through threat of punishment and violence)
monopoly (exclusive control or possession of something)
Derivation:
ascend (become king or queen)
ascendant (most powerful or important or influential)
