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Meaning of ASCENDANCY

Pronunciation:  u'sendunsee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [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"
 
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 Synonyms: ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance
 
 See Also: absolutism, ascendant, ascendent, condition, despotism, domination, dominion, mastery, monopoly, predominance, predomination, regulation, rule, status, supremacy, tyranny

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\As*cend"an*cy\, Ascendance \As*cend"ance\, n.
Same as {Ascendency}.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: accomplishment, ascendance, authority, balance of power, Cadmean victory, championship, charisma, charm, clout, conquest, consequence, control, credit, deanship, dominance, dominancy, domination, dominion, easy victory, effect, eminence, eminent domain, enchantment, esteem, excellence, favor, force, good feeling, grand slam, greatness, hold, importance, incidental power, incomparability, influence, influentiality, inimitability, insinuation, knockout, KO, landslide, landslide victory, lead, leadership, leverage, magnetism, majority, masterdom, mastery, moment, moral victory, one-upmanship, overlordship, personality, persuasion, picnic, potency, power, precedence, predominance, predominancy, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, pressure, prestige, primacy, principality, priority, privilege, purchase, pushover, Pyrrhic victory, reign, repute, right-of-way, rule, runaway victory, say, seniority, skill, sovereignty, suasion, subdual, subduing, subtle influence, success, suggestion, superiority, supremacy, suzerainship, suzerainty, sway, total victory, transcendence, transcendency, triumph, upper hand, victory, virtuosity, walkaway, walkover, weight, whip hand, win, winning, winning streak
 

 

 

 

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