Associations to the word «Ascendency»

Wiktionary

ASCENDENCY, noun. Alternative spelling of ascendancy

Dictionary definition

ASCENDENCY, noun. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats