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ascendant
[ uh-sen-duhnt ]
noun
- a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence:
With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.
- an ancestor; forebear.
- Astrology. the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac rising above the eastern horizon at the time of a birth or event: the cusp of the first house.
ascendant
/ əˈsɛndənt /
adjective
- proceeding upwards; rising
- dominant, superior, or influential
- See ascendingbotany another term for ascending
noun
- rare.an ancestor
- a position or condition of dominance, superiority or control
- astrology sometimes capital
- a point on the ecliptic that rises on the eastern horizon at a particular moment and changes as the earth rotates on its axis
- the sign of the zodiac containing this point
- in the ascendantin the ascendant increasing in influence, prosperity, etc
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Other Words From
- nonas·cendant adjective
- nonas·cendant·ly adverb
- nonas·cendent adjective
- nonas·cendent·ly adverb
- unas·cendant adjective
- unas·cendent adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ascendant1
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Example Sentences
The ascendant media that looked down on him has been pretty much destroyed.
“Tex-Mex for decades was ascendant,” Arellano told the The Weekly Alibi in 2012.
Stressed as it may be, the Coalition of the Ascendant is not disappearing.
Just last year, it seemed as if Hamas—with the Brotherhood dominating Egyptian electoral politics—might be ascendant.
Gay marriage is ascendant, driven by a rapidly shifting public opinion.
Ultimately, finding the Emperor's cause in the ascendant, he cast aside hesitation and threw in his lot with him.
The High Church party were then in the ascendant, and Abbot, from various causes, declined from favour.
It was Jem Deady in the custody of his wife, who was now in the ascendant.
In 1784, the Foxite administration fell, and Pitt was in the ascendant.
He has written a large number of short sketches and more extended novels, and his talent is still in the ascendant.
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