Ascendency

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

  Ascendency \As*cend"en*cy\, n.
     Governing or controlling influence; the state that exists
     when one person or group has power over another; domination;
     power.
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           An undisputed ascendency.                --Macaulay.
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           Custom has an ascendency over the understanding.
                                                    --Watts.
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     Syn: Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion;
          prevalence; domination; dominance; ascendance;
          ascendence.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ascendency
       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}, {ascendance}, {ascendence}, {ascendancy},
            {control}]