noun
- Position or state of being dominant or in control.
- usage: "that idea was in the ascendant"
- synonyms: ascendent
- Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent.
- synonyms: ancestor, ascendent, antecedent, root
adjective
- Tending or directed upward."rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage- John Ruskin
- Most powerful or important or influential.
- usage: "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
- synonyms: ascendent, dominating
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