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ascendency |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ascendency \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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" [syn: {dominance}, {ascendance}, {ascendence}, {ascendancy}, {control}]
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