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ascendency
as·cen·dan·cy also as·cen·den·cy A0452600 (ə-sĕn′dən-sē)n. Superiority or decisive advantage; domination: "Germany only awaits trade revival to gain an immense mercantile ascendancy" (Winston S. Churchill).ThesaurusNoun | 1. | ascendency - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, dominance, controlcondition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"ascendant, ascendent - position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"supremacy, domination, mastery - power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"predominance, predomination, prepotency - the state of being predominant over othersdominion, rule - dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"regulation - the state of being controlled or governedabsolutism, despotism, tyranny - dominance through threat of punishment and violencemonopoly - exclusive control or possession of something; "They have no monopoly on intelligence" | TranslationsMedicalSeeascendascendency
Synonyms for ascendencynoun the state that exists when one person or group has power over anotherSynonyms- ascendance
- ascendancy
- ascendence
- dominance
- control
Related Words- condition
- status
- ascendant
- ascendent
- supremacy
- domination
- mastery
- predominance
- predomination
- prepotency
- dominion
- rule
- regulation
- absolutism
- despotism
- tyranny
- monopoly
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