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ASCENDENT

Definition:

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