Ascendency

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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ascendency - 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, ascendancy, ascendence, 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"