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The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
John Stuart Mill

Meaning of "ascendant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ASCENDANT

ascendant  [əˈsɛndənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASCENDANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ascendant can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ASCENDANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ascendant

Ascendant

The ascendant, or rising sign, is the zodiacal sign and degree that was ascending on the eastern horizon at the specific time and location of an event. According to astrological theory, celestial phenomena reflect or determine human activity on the principle of 'as above so below'. Thus astrologers believe that the ascendant signifies a person's awakening consciousness, in the same way that the Sun's appearance on the eastern horizon signifies the dawn of a new day. Because the ascendant is specific to a particular time and place, to astrologers it signifies the individual environment and conditioning that a person receives during their upbringing, and also the circumstances of their childhood. For this reason astrologers believe that the ascendant is also concerned with how a person has learned to present him or herself to the world, especially in public and in impersonal situations. To astrologers, in some circumstances, it can function as a shield or mask to guard a person's real nature - in other words the 'defense mechanism' every person has to cope with unfamiliar or uncomfortable situations.

Definition of ascendant in the English dictionary

The first definition of ascendant in the dictionary is proceeding upwards; rising. Other definition of ascendant is dominant, superior, or influential. Ascendant is also an ancestor.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASCENDANT


appendant
əˈpɛndənt
ascendent
əˈsɛndənt
attendant
əˈtɛndənt
co-dependent
ˌkəʊdɪˈpɛndənt
defendant
dɪˈfɛndənt
dependant
dɪˈpɛndənt
dependent
dɪˈpɛndənt
descendant
dɪˈsɛndənt
descendent
dɪˈsɛndənt
independent
ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt
intendant
ɪnˈtɛndənt
interdependent
ˌɪntədɪˈpɛndənt
pendant
ˈpɛndənt
pendent
ˈpɛndənt
pretendant
prɪˈtɛndənt
pretendent
prɪˈtɛndənt
resplendent
rɪˈsplɛndənt
splendent
ˈsplɛndənt
superintendent
ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛndənt
transcendent
trænˈsɛndənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASCENDANT

ascend
ascend the throne
ascendable
ascendance
ascendancy
ascendantly
ascendence
ascendency
ascendent
ascender
ascendeur
ascendible
ascending
ascending scale
ascension
Ascension Day
Ascension Island
ascensional
ascensionist

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASCENDANT

abundant
care attendant
cloakroom attendant
codefendant
commandant
demandant
en attendant
extendant
flight attendant
fondant
in the ascendant
lift attendant
nonredundant
overabundant
parking attendant
pool attendant
pump attendant
redundant
regardant
superabundant
train attendant

Synonyms and antonyms of ascendant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ASCENDANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ascendant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ascendant

Translation of «ascendant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASCENDANT

Find out the translation of ascendant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ascendant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ascendant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

方兴未艾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ascendiente
570 millions of speakers

English

ascendant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लग्न
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صعود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

восходящей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ascendente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উদীয়মান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ascendant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Naik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufsteigend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

優勢
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상승
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ascendant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lên cao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வல்லமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रगत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yükselen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ascendente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wstępni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

висхідній
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ascendentă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανοδική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorouer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppstigande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ascendant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ascendant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASCENDANT»

The term «ascendant» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.970 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASCENDANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ascendant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ascendant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ascendant

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5 QUOTES WITH «ASCENDANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ascendant.
1
John Aubrey
The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron of religious men.
2
Joe Lieberman
We have the largest economy and the strongest military in the world. Our core values of freedom and opportunity are ascendant around the globe.
3
William Lilly
If people suspect their Cattle Bewitched, if they be great Cattle, make the twelfth house their ascendant, and the eleventh their twelfth house, and vary your Rules with Judgment.
4
John Stuart Mill
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
5
George Saunders
You don't want to be that parent - the one who dresses his kid in a cloth sack when all the other kids are in Armani cloth sacks - especially in a time like ours, when materialism is not only rampant and ascendant but is fast becoming the only game in town.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASCENDANT»

Discover the use of ascendant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ascendant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ascendant
Astrid Llewelyn is now a fully trained unicorn hunter, but she can’t solve all her problems with just a bow and arrow.
Diana Peterfreund, 2010
2
Body ascendant: modernism and the physical imperative
In "Body Ascendant," Harold Segel shows that this obsession with physical culture resonated widely through the modernist movement and traces its profound influence on the arts in the early twentieth century.
Harold B. Segel, 1998
3
America Ascendant: From Theodore Roosevelt to FDR in the ...
The book investigates the phenomena that threatened America's ascendance--the Great Red Scare of 1917- 20 and the rout of organized labor, the Great Crash of 1929 and the searing depression years, and the apartheid policies that undermined ...
Sean Dennis Cashman, 1998
4
The Ascendant Stars
War erupts in the depths of space.
Michael Cobley, 2012
5
Britain Ascendant:
Franqois Crouzet devoted much of his life to the study of European industrialisation, and Britain ascendant draws together a series of essays, written in the course of his career and thoroughly revised, examining the rise of Britain to the ...
Frangois Crouzet, 1990
6
Ascendant Sun: A New Novel in the Saga of the Skolian Empire
The sequel to the Nebula Award-winning novel Hawk follows Kelric, the heir to the Skolian Empire, as he flees his imprisonment on Coba only to find his kingdom in tatters. Reprint.
Catherine Asaro, 2001
7
Albion ascendant: English history, 1660-1815
Wilfrid Prest investigates this remarkable transformation from domestic instability and external weakness to global, economic, and military predominance.
Wilfrid R. Prest, 1998
8
Ice Forged
From Gail Z. Martin, author of the beloved series THE CHRONICLES OF THE NECROMANCER and THE FALLEN KINGS CYCLE, comes a new fantasy adventure for the ages.
Gail Z. Martin, 2013
9
Akuma Ascendant
Ten years after a mysterious school shooting, the small town of Werner finds itself in the midst of violence once more.
Jose Leyva, 2006
10
Earth Ascendant
When Imre Bergamasc, the First Prime of the Returned Continuum, is kidnapped by an unknown entity, which results in the deaths of innocent people, he is forced to return to Earth where saboteurs and dissidents threaten to destroy his empire ...
Sean Williams, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASCENDANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ascendant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Serena Williams v Venus Williams: Wimbledon 2015 – as it happened
It was a welcome blast from the past, a reminder of the days when Venus was regularly ascendant over SW19. Rarely in tennis history has ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
A fresh populist movement is rattling the Democratic Party
Together, they show anew how the populist movement is ascendant within the Democratic Party, and they confirm that the balance of power ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
3
Big Trill - Get Back Get Buck Feat. Gorilla Zoe [New Song]
Big Trill last appearance on HNHH came via the great Project Pat track "Rollin Dank," which also featured the continually-ascendant Fetty Wap, ... «HotNewHipHop, Jul 15»
4
Destiny House of Wolves Guide to Maximum Light Level, Etheric Light
With the updates that have arrived via the DLC, rather than Ascendant materials, players will now require Etheric Light, making the deal even ... «International Business Times, India Edition, Jul 15»
5
Requiem For The Obama Doctrine
... United States' top foreign policy priority would be to peacefully manage the integration of an ascendant China into the international system. «Breaking Defense, Jul 15»
6
Sienna Miller's career comeback as she claws back credibility and …
During her mid-20s, her star was in the ascendant, but, as she observed in an interview earlier this year, the problem was that she had "no ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
7
What makes the Indian voter tick?
By virtue of its performance in the 2014 general election and recent state assembly elections, the ascendant BJP has replaced the foundering ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
8
The trouble with 'independence' in statutory authorities and other …
But, by the time the Commonwealth was designed at the end of that century, the ministerial department was ascendant. It is, with one exception, ... «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»
9
Inside Out: Movie Review
... Poehler's exuberantly peppy Joy and increasing Phyllis Smith's character Sadness, an emotion in the ascendant so pertinent to mastering life ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»
10
Dalai Lama's 80th birthday forces Tibet to confront a future without him
Yet the list is long, and growing longer, as an ascendant China consolidates control over Tibet. Tibetans are concerned about life after the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

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