Reference meaning
ascendant
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position or state of being dominant or in control
Related source terms
ascendent
Other meanings
2. noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
3. adjective
tending or directed upward
4. adjective
most powerful or important or influential
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