ascendancy

as·cen·dan·cy also as·cen·den·cy  (-sndn-s)

n.

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

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ascendancy or ascendance

Noun

the condition of being dominant: when hardliners were in the ascendancy last winter

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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"

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ascendancy or ascendence

noun influence, power, control, rule, authority, command, reign, sovereignty, sway, dominance, domination, superiority, supremacy, mastery, dominion, upper hand, hegemony, prevalence, pre-eminence, predominance, rangatiratanga N.Z. << OPPOSITE inferiority

Translations

ascendancy [əˈsɛndənsɪ] n → ascendiente m; dominio

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ascendancy [əˈsɛndənsɪ] n → ascendant m

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ascendancy [əˈsɛndənsɪ] ascend n → Vormachtstellung f;

ascendancy over sb ascend → Vorherrschaft f über jdn

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ascendancy [əˈsɛndənsɪ] n → ascendente m