ascendency
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7.8
- noun
- /əˈsɛndənsi/
:
dominancia
- The company's ascendency in the market was due to its innovative products and strong leadership.
- gained ascendency
Examples
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Israeli policy is fairly recent and can be linked to neo-con ascendency.
Blog text (20) -
In different times and places, different ideals of the philosopher have gained ascendency.
Academic text (2011) -
It may be that, at times, one god gains ascendency over another.
Fiction book (1990) -
Ford and Chrysler had periods of ascendency.
Blog text (14) -
We have no idea the greatness that might be ours if we fully embrace the ascendency.
Blog text (18) -
Primarily the ascendency of new totalitarian groups is due to natural disasters, economic collapse, or even war.
Blog text (14) -
Moreover, she critiques the ascendency of whiteness that other critics of Lawrence leave unexamined.
Academic text (2011) -
Unfortunately, in the USA, Dominionism (look it up on Google or other sites) is in the ascendency in some 'evangelical' and other conservative Protestant circles.
Blog text (3) -
In modern society, another form of knowing, episteme, or factual knowledge, has gained ascendency that, while investing the expert with exaggerated authority, tends to devalue personal experience.
Academic text (1996) -
The results of the assembly elections, therefore, correspond closely to those of the gubernatorial and mayoral elections, showing clear signs of the decline of the KMT's grip on power, as well as signs of the continuing ascendency of the opposition influence in general and the DPP in particular.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
∞
3.4
Ability to control people or events
∞
2.8
Ability to direct your body or its parts so they move as you want
102
4.7
To have power or control over other people
81
5.1
Power and control over other people or groups
73
5.3
Power and influence in business or politics
53
7.1
Being higher than others in power or importance
18
9.5
Power of one country or group over others
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8.2
A position of power over other people or groups
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7.9
Being better than others in an area, like skill or success
3
8.0
Power or influence over other people
1
7.8
A situation when one person or group has more power and influence
Having power over other people or groups
Great strength or influence that affects others
Power to control people or places
The state of having the highest power or importance
A ruler's supreme control over other rulers and lands
Antonyms
How Influential
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ascendency comes from the same root as ascend and ascent, from an old Latin word ascendere meaning 'to climb'. So imagine someone climbing above others — being higher gives them control, which is why ascendency means having power or influence.