ascendancy

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Superiority or decisive advantage; domination: "Germany only awaits trade revival to gain an immense mercantile ascendancy" (Winston S. Churchill).

ascendancy, ascendency [əˈsɛndənsɪ], ascendance, ascendence

the condition of being dominant, esp through superior economic or political power

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ascendancy - 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"

ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control

condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

ascendant, ascendent - position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"

supremacy, domination, mastery - power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"

predominance, predomination, prepotency - the state of being predominant over others

dominion, rule - dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"

regulation - the state of being controlled or governed

absolutism, despotism, tyranny - dominance through threat of punishment and violence

monopoly - exclusive control or possession of something; "They have no monopoly on intelligence"

ascendancy ascendence

noun influence, power, control, rule, authority, command, reign, sovereignty, sway, dominance, domination, superiority, supremacy, mastery, dominion, upper hand, hegemony, prevalence, pre-eminence, predominance The extremists are gaining ascendancy.
weakness, inferiority, subordination, subjection, servility

Translations

ascendancy [əˈsendənsɪ] N → ascendiente m, dominio m

ascendancy ascendency [əˈsɛndənsi] n → ascendant m
ascendancy over sb → l'ascendant sur qn

ascendancy, ascendency

n → Vormachtstellung f; to gain/have (the) ascendancy over somebody → die Vorherrschaft über jdn gewinnen/haben; to gain (the) ascendancy over one’s fears → seine Ängste besiegen

ascendancy [əˈsɛndənsɪ] n → ascendente m

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ascendance ascendence Ascendency ascendent authoritative despotism dominance domination dominion hegemony high ground important mastery omnipotence Overcomer predominance Predomination preponderance prepotency	When I thought how you might have misinterpreted it, and believed things" --hope was plainly gaining the ascendancy over misery in Brantain's round, guileless face--"Of course, I know it is nothing to you, but for my own sake I do want you to understand that Mr. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context Nietzsche, the supposed anarchist, here plainly disclaims all relationship whatever to anarchy, for he shows us that only by bearing the burdens of the existing law and submitting to it patiently, as the camel submits to being laden, does the free spirit acquire that ascendancy over tradition which enables him to meet and master the dragon "Thou shalt,"--the dragon with the values of a thousand years glittering on its scales. Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context To these impulses must be added the complete ascendancy which his friend had long been accustomed to exercise over him--an ascendancy exerted in the beginning sorely at the expense of his friend's vices, and was in nine cases out of ten looked upon as his designing tempter when he was indeed nothing but his thoughtless, light-headed tool. The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context	asbestos asbestos abatement asbestosis Asbestous Asbestus Asbolin Asbury ASC Ascanius ASCAP Ascaphidae Ascaphus Ascaphus trui ascared ascariasis ascarid Ascaridae Ascaridia Ascaridia galli Ascaris Ascaris lumbricoides ASCE ascend Ascendable ascendance ascendancy ascendant ascendence Ascendency ascendent ascender ascendeur Ascendible ascending ascending aorta ascending artery ascending colon Ascending latitude Ascending line ascending node ascending rhythm Ascending series Ascending signs ascension Ascension Day Ascension Island Ascension of Christ Ascension of the Lord Ascensional Ascensional difference ascensionist	ASCCP ASCCSS ASCCVS ASCD ASCDAS ASCDB ASCDC ASCDEDB ASCDI ASCDU ASCE ASCE ASCE Ascea ASCED ASCEG Ascelpias tuberosa Ascelpias tuberosa ASCEM ascend ascend ascend ascend ascend Ascend Inverse Multiplexing Ascend Signaling Gateway Ascend Tunneling Management Protocol ascendable ascendance ascendance ascendancy ascendant ascendant ascendant ascendant ascendant Ascendant (astrology) Ascendant (astrology) Ascendant (astrology) Ascendant Frontier Ascendant Partners, Inc. ascendants ascendants ascendants ascendants Ascendas China Industrial and Business Parks Fund Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust Ascendas Real Estate Management System ascended ascended ascended Ascended Master Teaching Foundation ascended the throne ascendence ascendence Ascendence (Lord album) ascendency ascendency ascendent ascendent ascendent

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When I thought how you might have misinterpreted it, and believed things" --hope was plainly gaining the ascendancy over misery in Brantain's round, guileless face--"Of course, I know it is nothing to you, but for my own sake I do want you to understand that Mr.

The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context

Nietzsche, the supposed anarchist, here plainly disclaims all relationship whatever to anarchy, for he shows us that only by bearing the burdens of the existing law and submitting to it patiently, as the camel submits to being laden, does the free spirit acquire that ascendancy over tradition which enables him to meet and master the dragon "Thou shalt,"--the dragon with the values of a thousand years glittering on its scales.

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context

To these impulses must be added the complete ascendancy which his friend had long been accustomed to exercise over him--an ascendancy exerted in the beginning sorely at the expense of his friend's vices, and was in nine cases out of ten looked upon as his designing tempter when he was indeed nothing but his thoughtless, light-headed tool.

The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context

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