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ascendancy, ascendency [əˈsɛndənsɪ], ascendance, ascendence n
the condition of being dominant, esp through superior economic or political power ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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, 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. 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. |
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