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Definition of ascendancy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ascendancy

noun
 
/əˈsendənsi/
 
/əˈsendənsi/
(also ascendency)
[uncountable, singular] (formal)
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  1. the position of having power or influence over somebody/something
    • United gained the ascendancy after half-time.
    • in the ascendancy The opposition party was in the ascendancy (= gaining control).
    • ascendancy over somebody/something The poor have a moral ascendancy over the rich.
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