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English noun: ascendance

1. ascendance (state) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another


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


Synonymsascendancy, 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









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