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ascendancy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance |
| Type of | condition, status |
| Has types | ascendent, despotism, domination, dominion, mastery, monopoly, predominance, predomination, prepotency, regulation, rule, supremacy, absolutism, tyranny, ascendant |
| Derivation | ascend, ascendant |
Examples of ascendancy
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The problem is that this ascendancy is also reflected in the corridors of power.
From the economist.com
Azarenka steals the ascendancy on her opponent once again, moving to a 4-3 lead.
From the smh.com.au
Ascendancy of Islamists in Syria would come as they tighten their sway in Egypt.
From the suntimes.com
The Finished Work, however, would ultimately gain ascendancy among Pentecostals.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Campbell enjoyed the ascendancy, but the pair matched each other punch for punch.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The Woodsmen clearly grabbed the ascendancy with a six-goal-to-one second term.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
Obama's ascendancy was accomplished by the civil rights movement, Jackson said.
From the abcnews.go.com
As the Democrats remain in the ascendancy, I, for one, hope the GOP never does.
From the time.com
Mr King's entry into the race, and his instant ascendancy, upended this scenario.
From the economist.com
- Dominance: 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"
- Ascendency is a quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network. Ascendency is derived using mathematical tools from information theory. ...
- Ascendancy is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium. Released on March 15, 2005 by Roadrunner Records, the album charted at number 151 on the American Billboard 200 albums chart though is widely regarded as the band's 'breakthrough' album.
- Ascendancy is a 1982 British film. It tells the story of a woman who is a member of the British landowning 'Ascendancy' in Ireland during World War I. Gradually, she learns about the Irish independence movement, and becomes involved with it.
- Ascendancy is a 4X science fiction turn-based strategy computer game. It was released for DOS in 1995 by The Logic Factory. Ascendancy is a galactic struggle to become the dominant life force; to ascend into a higher plane of existence.
- The process or period of one's ascent; Supremacy; superiority; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant
- (1995), computer game. Player tries to grow a colony into a spacefaring civilization.
