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ascendancy

Noun

∙ The process or period of one's ascent
∙ Supremacy; superiority; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant
∙ A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century

BABYLON ENGLISH
ascendancy n.
superiority, supremacy; domination, control; ancestry

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
ascendancy
ascendancy
\as*cend"an*cy\ (&?;), ascendance \as*cend"ance\ (&?;), ] n. same as ascendency.
ascendancy
n : 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, ascendency, control]

WORDNET 2.0
ascendancy
Noun
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"
(synonym) dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, control
(hypernym) condition, status
(hyponym) ascendant, ascendent
(derivation) ascend

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Ascendancy
The Protestant Ascendancy, usually known simply as the Ascendancy, was a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

ascendancy

Noun

∙ The process or period of one's ascent
∙ Supremacy; superiority; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant
∙ A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century

BABYLON ENGLISH
ascendancy n.
superiority, supremacy; domination, control; ancestry

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
ascendancy
ascendancy
\as*cend"an*cy\ (&?;), ascendance \as*cend"ance\ (&?;), ] n. same as ascendency.
ascendancy
n : 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, ascendency, control]

WORDNET 2.0
ascendancy
Noun
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"
(synonym) dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, control
(hypernym) condition, status
(hyponym) ascendant, ascendent
(derivation) ascend

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Ascendancy
The Protestant Ascendancy, usually known simply as the Ascendancy, was a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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