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ascendant

/ə'sɛndənt/

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noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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ancestor antecedent ascendent root

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relation relative
noun
position or state of being dominant or in control
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"that idea was in the ascendant"

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ascendent

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ascendency control dominance ascendence ascendance ascendancy
adjective
most powerful or important or influential
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"the economically ascendant class"

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ascendent dominating dominant
adjective
tending or directed upward
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"rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"

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ascendent ascensive ascending

Examples of ascendant

"that idea was in the ascendant"
"the economically ascendant class"
"rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"