ASCENDENCY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The state that exists when one person or group has power over another

Example:

her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ascendency" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ascendency"):

ascendant; ascendent (position or state of being dominant or in control)

domination; mastery; supremacy (power to dominate or defeat)

predominance; predomination; prepotency (the state of being predominant over others)

dominion; rule (dominance or power through legal authority)

regulation (the state of being controlled or governed)

absolutism; despotism; tyranny (dominance through threat of punishment and violence)

monopoly (exclusive control or possession of something)

Derivation:

ascendent (most powerful or important or influential)