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Noun
S:
(n)
ascendant
,
ascendent
(position or state of being dominant or in control)
"that idea was in the ascendant"
S:
(n)
ancestor
,
ascendant
,
ascendent
,
antecedent
,
root
(someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent))
Adjective
S:
(adj)
ascendant
,
ascendent
,
ascensive
(tending or directed upward)
"rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
similar to
derivationally related form
antonym
S:
(adj)
ascendant
,
ascendent
,
dominating
(most powerful or important or influential)
"the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"