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ascendance

as·cen·dance

UK/əˈsɛndəns/ US/ʌˈsɛndʌns/ uncommon

noun

1.

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”

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