ascendance
noun/əˈsɛndəns/
1
Ascendancy, superiority; the act of ascending.
- The phenomenon coincides with the ascendance of Sinn Féin. Once an IRA mouthpiece with fringe support, it is now Ireland’s most popular party and appears poised to lead the next government.2022 October 21, Rory Carroll, “Ireland grapples with singing of pro-IRA chant”, in The Guardian:
- Derived terms
- reascendance