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ascendance
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of ASCENDANCE
controlling power or influence over others <studied the ascendance of modernism in 20th-century art and design>
Synonyms ascendance (also ascendence), ascendancy (also ascendency), dominance, domination, dominion, hegemony, imperium, predominance, predominancy, preeminence, reign, sovereignty (also sovranty)
Related Words primacy, superiority; lordship, scepter; arm, authority, choke hold, clutch, command, control, grip, hold, mastery, sway; takeover; direction, jurisdiction, management; clout, might, pull, weight; eminence, importance, moment; prerogative, privilege, right
Variants of ASCENDANCE
ascendance also ascendence
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