different between ascendancy vs triumph

English

Alternative forms

• ascendency

Etymology

ascend +? -ancy or ascendant +? -cy

Noun

ascendancy (countable and uncountable, plural ascendancies)

1. The process or period of one's ascent

2. Supremacy; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant

   Synonym: superiority
3. (historical, Ireland) A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century
   • 1975, Terry Eagleton, New Left Review:

     [W. B. Yeats] belonged not to the ascendancy class but to the protestant bourgeoisie.

Derived terms

• ascendance

Related terms

• ascendant

Translations

Anagrams

• candy canes

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?a?.?mf/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?a?.?mf/

Etymology 1

From Old French triumphe, from Latin triumphus (“triumphal procession”), ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (thríambos, “thriambus”). Doublet of thriambus.

Noun

triumph (countable and uncountable, plural triumphs)

1. A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.

2. A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor.
3. (obsolete) Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
4. A state of joy or exultation at success.
   • Hercules from Spain / Arrived in triumph, from Geryon slain.

5. (obsolete) A trump card.
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6. A card game, also called trump.
7. (historical, Ancient Rome) a ceremony held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement of an army commander.
8. A work of art, cuisine, etc. of very high quality.

9. A card trick in which the cards are shuffled with half face-up and half-down, then laid out so that only the observer's chosen card is facing upward.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin triumph?.

Verb

triumph (third-person singular simple present triumphs, present participle triumphing, simple past and past participle triumphed)

1. To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.

   • How long shall the wicked triumph?
2. To prevail over rivals, challenges, or difficulties.
3. To succeed, win, or attain ascendancy.
   • 2016, David Thomson, Biggest lesson of the 2016 Oscars? The Academy should be scrapped (in The Guardian, 3 March 2016)[2]

     No one reckoned in advance that he had anything but a very testing job as host. He had to be tough, brave, witty, engaging – and decent. He triumphed on every count, thanks to sheer ability.

4. To be prosperous; to flourish.
   • 1774, John Trumbull, An Elegy on the Times

     where commerce triumphed on the favouring gales

5. To play a trump in a card game.
   • 1625, Ben Jonson, The Fortunate Isles and Their Union

     Of the kings and the queens that triumph in the cards

Translations

Related terms

• triumphal
• triumphant