#ascendance__dominance__ascendence__ascendancy__ascendency__control  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"
  supertype:  condition.state__status  a condition or state at a particular time: "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
  subtype:  ascendant__ascendent  position or state of being dominant or in control: "that idea was in the ascendant"
  subtype:  supremacy__domination__mastery  power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"
     subtype:  transcendency__transcendence__superiority  the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
  subtype:  predominance__predomination  the state of being predominant over others
  subtype:  dominion__rule  dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"
     subtype:  paramountcy  the state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority
     subtype:  raj  British dominion over India (1757-1947)
     subtype:  reign.dominion__sovereignty  royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
        subtype:  scepter__sceptre  the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter
     subtype:  suzerainty.dominion  the position or authority of a suzerain: "under the suzerainty of..."
  subtype:  tyranny__absolutism__despotism  dominance through threat of punishment and violence
  subtype:  monopoly.ascendance  exclusive control or possession of something; "They have no monopoly on intelligence"

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