Associations to the word «Ascendancy»

Wiktionary

ASCENDANCY, noun. The process or period of one's ascent
ASCENDANCY, noun. Supremacy; superiority; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant
ASCENDANCY, noun. A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century

Dictionary definition

ASCENDANCY, 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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King