Dictionary definition · ascendant
noun
- position or state of being dominant or in control"that idea was in the ascendant"
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
adjective
- tending or directed upward"rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"
- most powerful or important or influential"the economically ascendant class"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).