Ascendancy Definition
ə-sĕndən-sē
noun
Superiority or decisive advantage; domination.
American Heritage
A position in which one has control or power; supremacy; domination.
Webster's New World
The definition of ascendancy is a position of domination.
An example of ascendancy is being a king.
YourDictionary
The process or period of one's ascent.
This was a key moment in Caesar's ascendancy.
Wiktionary
Supremacy; superiority; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- influentiality
- prepotence
- overlordship
- inimitability
- incomparability
- dominancy
- control
- ascendency
- ascendence
- ascendance
- dominance
- superiority
- success
- prestige
- mastery
Antonyms:
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Other Word Forms of Ascendancy
Noun
Singular:
ascendancy
Plural:
ascendanciesOrigin of Ascendancy
-
From ascendant + -cy
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