Definitions

ascendancy

[uh-sen-duhn-see] / əˈsɛn dən si /

NOUN

domination

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dominance predominance

STRONG

advantage ascendency authority command control dominion edge influence jump prevalence reign rule sovereignty superiority supremacy sway

WEAK

leg up mastery power pre-eminence prepotence upper hand whip hand

Antonyms

STRONG

disadvantage inferiority powerlessness subordination subservience weakness

Example Sentences

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Hence the ascendancy of Taylor Frankie Paul, queen of MomTok and “Mormon Wives,” a woman known for her lack of filter and habit of putting it all out there.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

TSL Lombard’s Green echoed that view, saying one implication from China’s tech ascendancy is that the yuan can strengthen without hammering the country’s export growth engine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

Mikaela Shiffrin continued her ascendancy over the women's slalom in Courchevel on Tuesday night as she swept to a fifth straight victory in the discipline and 105th World Cup win.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025

England kept them to just the one score, with Cokayne wedging herself under Eva Karpani to deny the Australia prop a try during Australia's early period of ascendancy.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

Are we then to...wage another Peloponessian War to settle the ascendancy between them.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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