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ascendency::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, control, dominance |
| Type of | condition, status |
| Has types | ascendent, despotism, domination, dominion, mastery, monopoly, predominance, predomination, prepotency, regulation, rule, supremacy, absolutism, tyranny, ascendant |
| Derivation | ascendent |
Examples of ascendency
ascendency
Their ascendency lasted from the early Middle Ages until the early 19th century.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The second half began as the first had ended with Bristol again in the ascendency.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
The Younger Generation you ARE in the ascendency, Baby boomers are dying off.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Tories are going down, down, down and Labour are on the ascendency again.
From the guardian.co.uk
His ascendency would be a coup for a faction of the council once viewed as marginal.
From the timesunion.com
The visitors missed a couple of penalties and it seemed as if PJF were on the ascendency.
From the kingstonguardian.co.uk
Western ascendency will prove to be nothing but an historic abrasion.
From the economist.com
What is a crisis is the ascendency of religious dogma over economics.
From the forbes.com
I think it's both values and interests there, and hard to weigh which is in the ascendency.
From the chron.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"
- (ascendent) ascendant: position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"
- (ascendent) ancestor: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- 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. ...
- Alternative spelling of ascendancy
- (ascendent) A person from whom one is descended; A position of power or control; Upward in direction or proclivity
- (Ascendent) The intersection point between the ecliptic and the eastern horizon. Also known as the rising degree and (generally) the cusp of the 1st house. See also House.
- Superiority or decisive advantage; domination.
