ascendent

ascendent
noun
1. position or state of being dominant or in control
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that idea was in the ascendant

• Syn: ↑ascendant
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ascendant (for: ↑ascendant)
• Hypernyms: ↑dominance, ↑ascendance, ↑ascendence, ↑ascendancy, ↑ascendency, ↑control
2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
• Syn: ↑ancestor, ↑ascendant, ↑antecedent, ↑root
• Ant: ↑descendant (for: ↑ancestor)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑antecedent (for: ↑antecedent), ↑ancestral (for: ↑ancestor)
• Hypernyms: ↑relative, ↑relation
• Hyponyms:
adjective
1. tending or directed upward
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"rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

• Syn: ↑ascendant, ↑ascensive
• Similar to: ↑ascending
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ascend (for: ↑ascensive), ↑ascend, ↑ascend (for: ↑ascendant)
2. most powerful or important or influential
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the economically ascendant class

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D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe

• Syn: ↑ascendant, ↑dominating
• Similar to: ↑dominant
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ascendency, ↑ascendence, ↑ascendant (for: ↑ascendant), ↑ascendancy (for: ↑ascendant), ↑ascendance (for: ↑ascendant)

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  • Ascendent — (frz. Assangdang), das Ansehen, das Uebergewicht, was sonst auch durch Prästigium ausgedrückt wird …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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  • Ascendent — Ascendant As*cend ant, Ascendent As*cend ent, a. 1. Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. [1913 Webster] The constellation . . . about that time ascendant. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. Rising; ascending. Ruskin. [1913 Webster] 3. Superior;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ascendent — I. noun see ascendant I II. adjective see ascendant II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ascendent — 1. adjective Upward in direction or proclivity. 2. noun a) A person from whom one is descended. b) A position of power or control. Syn: ancestor …   Wiktionary

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