Ascendance
Ascendance noun - Controlling power or influence over others.
Usage example: studied the ascendance of modernism in 20th-century art and design
Sway and ascendance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sway" instead a noun "Ascendance".
Sway
Sway noun - The power to bring about a result on another.
Ascendance and sway are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ascendance" instead a noun "Sway".
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Sway and Ascendance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ascendance/sway
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Sway or Ascendance. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ascendance/sway.
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