Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ascendence"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ascendence
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}, {ascendancy}, {ascendency},
{control}]
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