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ascendancy

noun

(also ascendency) noun

NAmE//əˈsɛndənsi//

[uncountable] ascendancy (over somebody/something) (formal)

the position of having power or influence over someone or something moral/political/intellectual ascendancy The opposition party was in the ascendancy (= gaining control).

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