position or state of being dominant or in control; that idea was in the ascendant
[ Syn: ascendent ]
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
[ Syn: ancestor , ascendent , antecedent , root ]
ascendant (n.)
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
[ Syn: ascendent , dominating ]