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Definition of ascendency : Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.

Synonyms:

authority, ascendancy, controller, ascendence, dominance, authorisation, authorization, restraint, ascendance, control, potency, laterality, say-so, command, control condition, mastery

Usage examples:

• Brussels being in the ascendency as a producer, the world looked to her for their supply, and thereby came trouble. - "The Tapestry Book", Helen Churchill Candee.
• In the course of this prolonged conflict Napoleon won and lost for France the ascendency in central and western Europe, but Great Britain remained throughout mistress of the seas. - "Union and Democracy", Allen Johnson.
• And it was at such moments that he would fling himself with most resource into the establishing of his ascendency over Kitty. - "The Marriage of William Ashe", Mrs. Humphry Ward.