Defenition of the word ascendent

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