About The Word Ascendency
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Ascendency
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What's The Definition Of Ascendency?
[n] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ascendency: ascendance | ascendancy | ascendence | control | dominance Related Terms | Find terms related to Ascendency: See Also | absolutism | ascendant | ascendent | condition | despotism | domination | dominion | mastery | monopoly | predominance | predomination | regulation | rule | status | supremacy | tyranny Ascendency In Webster's Dictionary \As*cend"en*cy\, n.
Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.
An undisputed ascendency. --Macaulay.
Custom has an ascendency over the understanding.
--Watts.
Syn: Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion;
prevalence; domination.
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