Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective tending or directed upward.
- adjective having the most important influence.
- noun position or state of being dominant or in control.
- noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent).
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- adjective
Upward in direction or proclivity. - noun A person from whom one is
descended . - noun A position of
power orcontrol .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective most powerful or important or influential
- adjective tending or directed upward
- noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- noun position or state of being dominant or in control
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Examples
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They are ascendent right now because they are getting squeezed.
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They are ascendent right now because they are getting squeezed.
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If anything, SF/F is on a hugely ascendent trajectory in popular awareness these days.
International Science Fiction Reshelving Day -- Good Idea or Bad Idea? 2009
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However there are other major operators in the mix of the ascendent and increasingly normative racism expressed by Judson Phillips and Bill O'Reilly.
Jairus Grove: A User's Guide to the New Racism Jairus Grove 2010
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In the ascendent mentality, the "perfect" 24/7 mother is one who stays home to prepare only organic purees for her treasures, while endlessly washing cloth nappies and breastfeeding until the child is almost ready for school.
In Praise of the Mediocre Mother Emma-Kate Symons 2010
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There's nothing ascendent about that experience for me.
Flower's Lawful, Logical Wind SVGL 2009
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Ohio, where former GOP Rep. John Kasich is trying to fend off an ascendent Democratic Gov.
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In many cases, they're arguing that a cultural trend is becoming true, or is about to become true, and the reality is that asserting that these trends are ascendent actually helps them come true.
Anil Dash 2009
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Ohio, where former GOP Rep. John Kasich is trying to fend off an ascendent Democratic Gov.
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However there are other major operators in the mix of the ascendent and increasingly normative racism expressed by Judson Phillips and Bill O'Reilly.
Jairus Grove: A User's Guide to the New Racism Jairus Grove 2010
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