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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, control, dominance
See Also: absolutism, ascendant, ascendent, condition, despotism, domination, dominion, mastery, monopoly, predominance, predomination, regulation, rule, status, supremacy, tyranny
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