ascendancy

Plural: ascendancies

Noun

• the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
• The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
• Ellipsis of Protestant Ascendancy, a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century.
• A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.

Synonyms

ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance, ascendant, superiority

Related Words

ascendant