The ascendancy of monarchs is what keeps their subjects from rebellion.
Source: tatoeba (1915)
Ascendancy
//əˈsɛndənsi//
Synonyms for "ascendancy" (128 found)
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Related words (64)
majoritymasterdommightmomentmoral victoryone upmanshipone-upmanshipoverlordshippersonalitypersuasionpicnicpotencypowerprecedencepredominancepredominancypreeminencepreponderanceprepotenceprepotency
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Noun(1 words)
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2 entriesis a
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7 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 21 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- nüfuz noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- zabitə noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Bulgarian
4 entries- власт noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- влияние noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- господство noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- надмощие noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 優勢 /优势 noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- 支配地位 noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 優勢 /优势 noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Czech
2 entries- nadvláda noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- převaha noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Dutch
2 entries- overhand noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- overwicht noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Estonian
1 entries- ülevõim noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Finnish
2 entries- valta-asema noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- valta-asemassa oleva noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
French
1 entries- ascendant noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
German
4 entries- Einfluss noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- Vorherrschaft noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- Vormacht noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- Vormachtstellung noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Hungarian
3 entries- hatalom noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- tekintély noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- uralom noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Icelandic
1 entries- ofurvald noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Irish
1 entries- cinseal noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Italian
1 entries- influsso noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Japanese
2 entries- 優位 noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- 優勢 noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Korean
2 entries- 우세 noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- 우위 noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Polish
3 entries- panowanie noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- przewaga noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- władza noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Portuguese
1 entries- ascendência noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Romanian
3 entries- ascendență noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- superioritate noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- supremație noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Russian
3 entries- власть noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- госпо́дство noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- превосхо́дство noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Spanish
4 entries- ascendencia noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- ascendiente noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- influencia noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
- predominio noun (supremacy; superiority; dominant control)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
He had been completely under his wife's ascendancy.
Source: tatoeba (8824588)
He had been completely under his wife's ascendancy, so much so that, on dying, he left the place to her for her lifetime, as well as the larger part of his income; an arrangement that was distinctly unfair to his two sons.
Source: tatoeba (8824590)
Spurs ended the half in the ascendancy and Van der Vaart was again inches away from giving them the lead when he met Bale's cross but his header flew wide.
Source: wiktionary
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