ascendency

1. The state that exists when one person or group has power over another (synset 114465291)
   "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
   is a type of: condition, status - a state at a particular time
   subtypes:

   • ascendant, ascendent - position or state of being dominant or in control
   • domination, mastery, supremacy - power to dominate or defeat
   • predominance, predomination, prepotency - the state of being predominant over others
   • dominion, rule - dominance or power through legal authority
   • regulation - the state of being controlled or governed
   • absolutism, despotism, tyranny - dominance through threat of punishment and violence
   • monopoly - exclusive control or possession of something
   same as: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, control, dominance

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