ascendancy

  • 31ascendancy ascendency — noun (U) a position of power, influence or control: He slowly gained ascendancy in the group …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32ascendancy — also ascendency noun Date: 1677 governing or controlling influence ; domination …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 33ascendancy — /euh sen deuhn see/, n. the state of being in the ascendant; governing or controlling influence; domination. Also, ascendency, ascendance, ascendence. [1705 15; ASCEND(ANT) + ANCY] Syn. primacy, predominance, command, sovereignty, mastery,… …

    Universalium

  • 34ascendancy — Synonyms and related words: Cadmean victory, KO, Pyrrhic victory, accomplishment, ascendance, authority, balance of power, championship, charisma, charm, clout, conquest, consequence, control, credit, deanship, dominance, dominancy, domination,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 35ascendancy — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. authority, domination, sway, power; see command 2 , power 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. supremacy, control, domination, power, preeminence. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition or fact of being dominant:… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 36ascendancy —  , ascendant …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 37ascendancy — as cend·an·cy || dÉ™nsɪ n. superiority, supremacy; domination, control; ancestry …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 38Ascendancy —    Drame d Edward Bennett, avec Julie Covington, Ian Charleson, John Philipps, Susan Engels, Philip Locke.   Pays: Grande Bretagne   Date de sortie: 1982   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 25   Prix: Ours d or, Berlin (1983)    Film non distribué …

    Dictionnaire mondial des Films

  • 39ascendancy — n.; (also ascendency) Power, authority, sway, control, superiority, government, mastery, masterdom, command, dominion, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, domination, predominance, controlling influence, advantage over, upper hand …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 40ascendancy — n 1. domination, dominance, predominance, hegemony, controlling influence, position of dominance, ascendant; dominion, rule, reign; control, sovereignty, mastery, prevalence, power. See ascendant (def.1). 2. superiority, preeminence, eminence;… …

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