Associations to the word «Ascendant»

Wiktionary

ASCENDANT, adjective. Rising, moving upward.
ASCENDANT, adjective. Surpassing or controlling.
ASCENDANT, noun. Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.
ASCENDANT, noun. An ancestor (antonym of descendant)
ASCENDANT, noun. Ascent; height; elevation.
ASCENDANT, noun. (astrology) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.

Dictionary definition

ASCENDANT, noun. Position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant".
ASCENDANT, noun. Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent).
ASCENDANT, adjective. Tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin.
ASCENDANT, adjective. Most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn