ascendent

1. position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"

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2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

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1. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

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2. most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"

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