Ascendance

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ascendancy \As*cend"an*cy\, Ascendance \As*cend"ance\, n.
     Same as {Ascendency}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  ascendance
       n : the state that exists when one person or group has power
           over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was
           really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
           [syn: {dominance}, {ascendence}, {ascendancy}, {ascendency},
            {control}]