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    ASCENDENCE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The state that exists when one person or group has power over anotherplay

    Example:

    her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her

    Synonyms:

    ascendance; ascendancy; ascendence; ascendency; control; dominance

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("ascendence" is a kind of...):

    condition; status (a state at a particular time)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ascendence"):

    ascendant; ascendent (position or state of being dominant or in control)

    domination; mastery; supremacy (power to dominate or defeat)

    predominance; predomination; prepotency (the state of being predominant over others)

    dominion; rule (dominance or power through legal authority)

    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)

    Derivation:

    ascendent (most powerful or important or influential)

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