ascendencia

Definitions of ascendencia
  1. noun
    properties attributable to your ancestry
    synonyms: descendencia, extracción, nacimiento, origen
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    type of:
    abolengo, alcurnia, linaje, prosapia
    inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
  2. noun
    the descendants of one individual
    synonyms: abolengo, alcurnia, casta, cepa, cuna, descendencia, estirpe, linaje, nacimiento, origen, prosapia, solar
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    types:
    familia
    people descended from a common ancestor
    dinastía
    a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
    type of:
    genealogía, árbol genealógico
    successive generations of kin
  3. noun
    the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
    synonyms: control
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    dominación, supremacía
    power to dominate or defeat
    predominancia, predominio
    the state of being predominant over others
    dominio
    dominance or power through legal authority
    absolutismo, despotismo, tiranía
    dominance through threat of punishment and violence
    monopolio
    exclusive control or possession of something
    superioridad, transcendencia, trascendencia
    the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
    reinado, soberanía
    royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
    señorío
    the position or authority of a suzerain
    type of:
    circunstancias, condiciones, condición, estado, estatus, situación, status
    a state at a particular time
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