noun
position or state of being dominant or in control
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- that idea was in the ascendant
noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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adjective
tending or directed upward
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- rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
adjective
most powerful or important or influential
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- the economically ascendant class
- D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe