Ascendance
Ascendance noun - Controlling power or influence over others.
Usage example: studied the ascendance of modernism in 20th-century art and design
Pull and ascendance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pull" instead a noun "Ascendance".
Pull
Pull noun - The act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force.
Ascendance and pull are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ascendance" instead a noun "Pull".
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Pull and Ascendance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ascendance/pull
Ascendance & Pull. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ascendance/pull>.
Pull or Ascendance. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ascendance/pull.
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