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单词 ascendancy
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ascendancy


as·cen·dan·cy

also as·cen·den·cy A0452600 (ə-sĕn′dən-sē)n. Superiority or decisive advantage; domination: "Germany only awaits trade revival to gain an immense mercantile ascendancy" (Winston S. Churchill).

ascendancy

(əˈsɛndənsɪ) or

ascendency

;

ascendance

(əˈsɛndəns) or

ascendence

nthe condition of being dominant, esp through superior economic or political power

as•cend•an•cy

or as•cend•en•cy

(əˈsɛn dən si) also

as•cend′ance, as•cend′ence,



n. the state of being in the ascendant; governing or controlling influence; domination. [1705–15]
Thesaurus
Noun1.ascendancy - the state that exists when one person or group has power over anotherascendancy - 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"ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, controlcondition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"ascendant, ascendent - position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"supremacy, domination, mastery - power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"predominance, predomination, prepotency - the state of being predominant over othersdominion, rule - dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"regulation - the state of being controlled or governedabsolutism, despotism, tyranny - dominance through threat of punishment and violencemonopoly - exclusive control or possession of something; "They have no monopoly on intelligence"

ascendancy

ascendencenoun influence, power, control, rule, authority, command, reign, sovereignty, sway, dominance, domination, superiority, supremacy, mastery, dominion, upper hand, hegemony, prevalence, pre-eminence, predominance The extremists are gaining ascendancy.
weakness, inferiority, subordination, subjection, servility

ascendancy

nounThe condition or fact of being dominant:ascendance, dominance, domination, paramountcy, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, preponderancy, prepotency, supremacy.
Translations
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ascendancy


  • noun

Synonyms for ascendancy

noun influence

Synonyms

  • influence
  • power
  • control
  • rule
  • authority
  • command
  • reign
  • sovereignty
  • sway
  • dominance
  • domination
  • superiority
  • supremacy
  • mastery
  • dominion
  • upper hand
  • hegemony
  • prevalence
  • pre-eminence
  • predominance

Antonyms

  • weakness
  • inferiority
  • subordination
  • subjection
  • servility

Synonyms for ascendancy

noun the condition or fact of being dominant

Synonyms

  • ascendance
  • dominance
  • domination
  • paramountcy
  • predominance
  • preeminence
  • preponderance
  • preponderancy
  • prepotency
  • supremacy

Synonyms for ascendancy

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

Synonyms

  • ascendance
  • ascendence
  • ascendency
  • dominance
  • control

Related Words

  • condition
  • status
  • ascendant
  • ascendent
  • supremacy
  • domination
  • mastery
  • predominance
  • predomination
  • prepotency
  • dominion
  • rule
  • regulation
  • absolutism
  • despotism
  • tyranny
  • monopoly
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