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ascendent

[ə'sendənt] [ə'sendənt]
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  • Noun
    1. position or state of being dominant or in control;
    "that idea was in the ascendant"
    2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
  • Adjective
    1. tending or directed upward;
    "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
    2. most powerful or important or influential;
    "the economically ascendant class""D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"