ascendancyascendencyn.

/əˈsɛndənsi/

Etymology: < ascendant adj. and n.: see -ancy suffix.

The state or quality of being in the ascendant; paramount influence, dominant control, domination, sway. Const. over. Of 40 authors examined, -ancy occurred in 4 18th cent. and 15 19th cent. writers, including Watts, Lyell, Arnold, Dickens, Mill, Lecky, Seeley, Earle, Trollope; -ency in 2 18th cent. and 14 19th cent. writers, including Burke, Hallam, Lingard, Thirlwall, Alison, Macaulay, Froude, Freeman; both occurred in editions of 5 writers.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > paramount influence

prevalescence1653

ascendance1742

ascendancy1744

1744 ‘H. Polesworth’ Hist. John Bull: Pt. III xxii. 54 She had no small Ascendancy over John.

c1796 E. Burke Let. to R. Burke in Wks. IX. 425 The poor word, ascendency..is now employed to cover to the world the most rigid, and perhaps not the most wise, of all plans of policy. In plain old English, as they apply it, it signifies ‘pride and dominion’ on the one part of the relation, and on the other, ‘subserviency and contempt’—and it signifies nothing else.

1838–43 T. Arnold Hist. Rome III. xliii. 132 Overpowered by the ascendancy of Hannibal's character.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 548 That he would not patiently submit to the ascendency of France.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	ascendancy
释义	ascendancyascendencyn. /əˈsɛndənsi/ Etymology: < ascendant adj. and n.: see -ancy suffix. The state or quality of being in the ascendant; paramount influence, dominant control, domination, sway. Const. over. Of 40 authors examined, -ancy occurred in 4 18th cent. and 15 19th cent. writers, including Watts, Lyell, Arnold, Dickens, Mill, Lecky, Seeley, Earle, Trollope; -ency in 2 18th cent. and 14 19th cent. writers, including Burke, Hallam, Lingard, Thirlwall, Alison, Macaulay, Froude, Freeman; both occurred in editions of 5 writers. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > paramount influence prevalescence1653 ascendance1742 ascendancy1744 1744 ‘H. Polesworth’ Hist. John Bull: Pt. III xxii. 54 She had no small Ascendancy over John. c1796 E. Burke Let. to R. Burke in Wks. IX. 425 The poor word, ascendency..is now employed to cover to the world the most rigid, and perhaps not the most wise, of all plans of policy. In plain old English, as they apply it, it signifies ‘pride and dominion’ on the one part of the relation, and on the other, ‘subserviency and contempt’—and it signifies nothing else. 1838–43 T. Arnold Hist. Rome III. xliii. 132 Overpowered by the ascendancy of Hannibal's character. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 548 That he would not patiently submit to the ascendency of France. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1744
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