Synonyms for ascendance
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Noun
1. Ascendancy — ascendancy, superiority; the act of ascending
ascendancy, dominance, superiority, primacy, control, upper hand, mastery, dominion
Definitions
- n. 1
Ascendancy, superiority; the act of ascending.
Related words
- Other spellings
- ascendence
Forms
- Plural
- ascendances → ascendancies, dominances, superiorities, primacies…
Example sentences
- dominance The dominance of English kills the European debate.
- superiority He said this with his typical air of superiority.
- ascendancy He had been completely under his wife's ascendancy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ascendance | rising | |
| dominance | rising | |
| superiority | steady | |
| ascendancy | steady | |
| primacy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- control2, mastery3, primacy3
- 8 letters
- dominion3
- 9 letters
- dominance3
- 10 letters
- ascendancy4
- 11 letters
- superiority6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (control2 = 2 syllables).