Ascendency
[ə'sɛndənsi]
Definition
(n.) Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.
Edited by Christine
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Power, authority, sway, control, superiority, government, masterly, masterdom, command, dominion, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, domination, predominance, controlling influence, advantage over, upper-hand.
Checked by Ida
Examples
- This was the sole reason of his ascendency: she knew it herself. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Sedley still maintained his ascendency over the family of Mr. Clapp, his ex-clerk. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He seems to have established over me the same sort of ascendency which he has evidently gained over Sir Percival. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It's my belief, that the blow has given her such an ascendency of blood to the head as she'll never get the better from. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- My mother never could endure him, nor I; but he obtained an entire ascendency over my father; and this man was the absolute despot of the estate. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was _my_ time to assume ascendency. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- These faults are the steps by which I mount to ascendency over her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Wendell