English noun: ascendancy | |||
1. | ascendancy (state) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | ||
Samples | Her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her. | ||
Synonyms | ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | condition, status | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | absolutism, ascendant, ascendent, despotism, domination, dominion, mastery, monopoly, predominance, predomination, prepotency, regulation, rule, supremacy, tyranny | ||