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Transcendence vs Ascendancy - What's the difference?

transcendence | ascendancy |

As nouns the difference between transcendence and ascendancy

is that transcendence is (countable) the act of surpassing usual limits while ascendancy is the process or period of one's ascent.

transcendence

English

Noun

  • (countable) the act of surpassing usual limits
  • (uncountable) the state of being beyond the range of normal perception
  • (uncountable) the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity
  • superior excellence; supereminence
  • * A. V. G. Allen
    • The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle.

    Related terms

    * transcend * transcendency * transcendent * transcendental * transcendently

    Antonyms

    * immanence

    ascendancy

    English

    (wikipedia ascendancy)

    Alternative forms

    * ascendency

    Noun

    (ascendancies)
  • The process or period of one's ascent
  • Supremacy; superiority; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Spurs ended the half in the ascendancy and Van der Vaart was again inches away from giving them the lead when he met Bale's cross but his header flew wide.}}
  • A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century
  • * [W. B. Yeats] belonged not to the ascendancy class but to the protestant bourgeoisie.'' – Terry Eagleton, ''New Left Review , 1975

    • Derived terms

    * ascendance

    Related terms

    * ascendant

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