"ascendancy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈsɛndənsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ascendancy.wav Forms: ascendancies [plural]
Etymology: From 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)
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  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
  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 Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ascendency Derived forms: ascendance Related terms: ascendant

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