ascendancy

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Synonyms: ascendency, ascendance, ascendant, ascendence, ascendants, descendancy, abscondancy, attendancy, ascessancy, appendancy, ascendantly

Antonyms: ascendency, ascendance, ascendant, ascendence, ascendants, descendancy, abscondancy, attendancy, ascessancy, appendancy, ascendantly

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Noun

1. The [[quality#Noun|quality]] of being in the [[ascendant#Noun|ascendant]]; [[dominant#Adjective|dominant]] [[control#Noun|control]], [[supremacy]].
2. {{lb|en|historical|Ireland|sometimes|capitalized}} {{ellipsis of|en|w:Protestant Ascendancy|addl=a class of [[Protestant]] [[landowner]]s and [[professional]]s that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century}}.
3. {{lb|en|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. {{defdate|from 1986}}

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