ascendancy
or as·cend·en·cy
the state of being in the ascendant; governing or controlling influence; domination.
Origin of ascendancy
1- Also as·cend·ance, as·cend·ence .
Other words for ascendancy
| ascendance, dominance, dominion, hegemony, predominance, predominancy, preeminence, sovereignty, supremacy |
Other words from ascendancy
- non·as·cend·ance, noun
- non·as·cend·an·cy, noun
- non·as·cend·ence, noun
- non·as·cend·en·cy, noun
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How to use ascendancy in a sentence
Yet despite this, its ascendency is no less compelling than that of the Bay Area.
Battle of the Upstarts: Houston vs. San Francisco Bay | Joel Kotkin | October 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut nowhere was this middle class ascendency more dramatic than in Europe, first in Italy and later in northern Europe.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class | Joel Kotkin | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the long run, the biggest threat to the Sunbelt ascendency is internal.
Forget What the Pundits Tell You, Coastal Cities are Old News - it’s the Sunbelt that’s Booming | Joel Kotkin | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTalent has been on the ascendency for so long—30 years—it takes winning for granted.
Her lofty dreams gained a daily increasing ascendency over her character.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
She had involuntarily gained that entire ascendency over his whole being which made her the world to him.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottThe mob, headed by the Jacobins, had now the complete ascendency, and he was minister but in name.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottDanton, Marat, and Robespierre were now in the ascendency, riding with resistless power upon the billows of mob violence.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottTraffic by sea was the great source of their wealth; ascendency on the sea the great object of their ambition.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for ascendancy
ascendency ascendance or ascendence (əˈsɛndəns)
/ (əˈsɛndənsɪ) /
the condition of being dominant, esp through superior economic or political power
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