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ascendency
(encz) | ascendency,nadvláda n: Zdeněk Brož |
ascendency
(encz) | ascendency,převaha n: Zdeněk Brož |
Ascendency
(gcide) | Ascendency \As*cend"en*cy\, n.
Governing or controlling influence; the state that exists
when one person or group has power over another; domination;
power.
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An undisputed ascendency. --Macaulay.
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Custom has an ascendency over the understanding.
--Watts.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion;
prevalence; domination; dominance; ascendance;
ascendence.
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ascendency
(wn) | ascendency
n 1: 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" [syn:
dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy,
ascendency, control] |
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