Definition of "ascendent" []

• Upward in direction or proclivity. (adjective)
• A person from whom one is descended. (noun)
• A position of power or control. (noun)

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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."
• "Ohio, where former GOP Rep. John Kasich is trying to fend off an ascendent Democratic Gov."
• "There's nothing ascendent about that experience for me."