ascendancy
noun/əˈsendənsi/
/əˈsendənsi/
(also ascendency)
[uncountable, singular] (formal)- 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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