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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈsɛndənsi/ Forms: ascendancies [plural]
Etymology: ascend + -ancy or ascendant + -cy. The use in ecology is due to Robert Ulanowicz. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ascend|ancy}} ascend + -ancy, {{suffix|en|ascendant|cy}} ascendant + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ascendancy (countable and uncountable, plural ascendancies)
  1. The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: ascendant, superiority Translations (supremacy; superiority; dominant control): nüfuz (Azerbaijani), zabitə (Azerbaijani), господство (gospodstvo) (Bulgarian), надмощие (nadmoštie) (Bulgarian), власт (vlast) (Bulgarian), влияние (vlijanie) (Bulgarian), 優勢 (Chinese Cantonese), 优势 (jau¹ sai³) (Chinese Cantonese), 支配地位 (zi¹ pui³ dei⁶ wai⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 優勢 (Chinese Mandarin), 优势 (yōushì) (Chinese Mandarin), nadvláda [feminine] (Czech), převaha [feminine] (Czech), overwicht (Dutch), overhand (Dutch), ülevõim (Estonian), valta-asema (Finnish), valta-asemassa oleva (Finnish), ascendant [masculine] (French), Vormacht [feminine] (German), Vormachtstellung [feminine] (German), Einfluss [masculine] (German), Vorherrschaft [feminine] (German), Überlegenheit [feminine] (German), hatalom (Hungarian), tekintély (Hungarian), uralom (Hungarian), ofurvald [neuter] (Icelandic), cinseal [masculine] (Irish), influsso [masculine] (Italian), 優位 (yūi) (alt: ゆうい) (Japanese), 優勢 (yūsei) (alt: ゆうせい) (Japanese), ascendência [feminine] (Portuguese), superioritate [feminine] (Romanian), supremație [feminine] (Romanian), ascendență [feminine] (Romanian), госпо́дство (gospódstvo) [neuter] (Russian), власть (vlastʹ) [feminine] (Russian), превосхо́дство (prevosxódstvo) [neuter] (Russian), ascendiente [masculine] (Spanish), predominio [masculine] (Spanish), influencia [feminine] (Spanish), ascendencia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ascendancy-en-noun-wpPvwt~G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ancy, English terms suffixed with -cy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 28 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ancy: 41 34 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 41 34 25 Disambiguation of 'supremacy; superiority; dominant control': 96 1 3
  2. (historical, Ireland, sometimes capitalized) Ellipsis of Protestant Ascendancy, a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century. Tags: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, capitalized, countable, ellipsis, historical, sometimes, uncountable Alternative form of: Protestant Ascendancy (extra: a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century)
    Sense id: en-ascendancy-en-noun-CbhxDo9h Categories (other): Irish English, English terms suffixed with -ancy, English terms suffixed with -cy Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ancy: 41 34 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 41 34 25
  3. (ecology) A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ecology
    Sense id: en-ascendancy-en-noun-hCw0dH5M Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ancy, English terms suffixed with -cy Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ancy: 41 34 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 41 34 25 Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ascendency Derived forms: ascendance Related terms: ascendant

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        "The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy."
      ],
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          "supremacy"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "ascendant"
        },
        {
          "word": "superiority"
        }
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century",
          "word": "Protestant Ascendancy"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English ellipses",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Irish English",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1975, Terry Eagleton, New Left Review",
          "text": "[W. B. Yeats] belonged not to the ascendancy class but to the protestant bourgeoisie.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, John Gibney, “The Age of O'Connell”, in A Short History of Ireland, 1500–2000, New Haven: Yale University Press",
          "text": "True, the “ascendancy” remained a crucial and significant governing class in Irish life, and would remain so for generations.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of Protestant Ascendancy, a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capitalized",
          "capitalisation"
        ],
        [
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          "w:Protestant Ascendancy"
        ],
        [
          "Protestant",
          "Protestant"
        ],
        [
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          "landowner"
        ],
        [
          "professional",
          "professional"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, Ireland, sometimes capitalized) Ellipsis of Protestant Ascendancy, a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century."
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "capitalized",
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        "en:Ecology"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Sven Erik Jørgensen, editor, Ecosystem Ecology, Academic Press, page 63",
          "text": "Ascendency was found to be a useful indicator for the health assessment of marine benthic ecosystems over space and time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size."
      ],
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        ],
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          "trophic"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ecology) A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "biology",
        "ecology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈsɛndənsi/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "ascendency"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "nüfuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "zabitə"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gospodstvo",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "господство"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nadmoštie",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "надмощие"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vlast",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "власт"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vlijanie",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "влияние"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "優勢"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jau¹ sai³",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "优势"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zi¹ pui³ dei⁶ wai⁶",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "支配地位"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "優勢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōushì",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "优势"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nadvláda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "převaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "overwicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "overhand"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "ülevõim"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "valta-asema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "valta-asemassa oleva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ascendant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vormacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vormachtstellung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Einfluss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorherrschaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Überlegenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "hatalom"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "tekintély"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "uralom"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ofurvald"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cinseal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "influsso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆうい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūi",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "優位"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆうせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūsei",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "word": "優勢"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ascendência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superioritate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "supremație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ascendență"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gospódstvo",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "госпо́дство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vlastʹ",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "власть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevosxódstvo",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "превосхо́дство"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ascendiente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "predominio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "influencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "supremacy; superiority; dominant control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ascendencia"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Robert Ulanowicz"
  ],
  "word": "ascendancy"
}

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