ascendance
pronunciation
How to pronounce ascendance in British English:
UK [ə'sendəns]
How to pronounce ascendance in American English:
US [ə'sendəns]
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- Noun:
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
Word Origin
- ascendance (n.)
- 1742, from ascend + -ance. Properly "the act of ascending," but used from the start in English as a synonym of ascendancy.
Example
- 1. That penchant for power and glory earned him powerful enemies at virtually every step of his ascendance .
- 2. The reality of china 's ascendance and the shifting global balance of power is not in itself a revelation .
- 3. At present the pessimists might appear in the ascendance .
- 4. Product bans cause the ascendance of less desirable goods and services over more desirable ones .
- 5. Perhaps the most heartening change , she says , is the ascendance of female power .