Something that's ascendant is increasing its power or status. An ascendant political party is one that captures more and more seats in Congress with every election.
Ascent; height; elevation.
Noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Noun
position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"
Adjective S.
most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
Adjective S.
tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
n.
Ascent; height; elevation.
n.
The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which
rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have
a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
n.
Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as,
one man has the ascendant over another.
n.
An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees
of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed
to descendant.
a.
Alt. of Ascendent
Ascendant
Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant.2.
Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent.4.
Ascent; height; elevation.
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The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
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