English > ascendency: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | The state that exists when one person or group has power over another. |
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| Synonyms | dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, control |
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| Narrower | absolutism, tyranny, despotism | dominance through threat of punishment and violence |
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| ascendant, ascendent | Position or state of being dominant or in control |
| domination, mastery, supremacy | Power to dominate or defeat |
| dominion, rule | dominance or power through legal authority |
| monopoly | exclusive / exclusive control or possession of something |
| predominance, predomination, prepotency | The state of being predominant over others |
| regulation | The state of being controlled or governed |
| Broader | condition, status | A state at a particular time |
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| Spanish | ascendiente, control, dominación, dominio, sometimiento, sumisión |
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| Catalan | control, dominació, domini, sometiment, submissió |
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| Adjectives | ascendent | most powerful or important or influential |
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