Ascendance
Ascendance noun - Controlling power or influence over others.
Usage example: studied the ascendance of modernism in 20th-century art and design
Hold and ascendance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hold" instead a noun "Ascendance".
Hold
Hold noun - The act or manner of holding.
Ascendance and hold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ascendance" instead a noun "Hold".
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