position or state of being dominant or in control "that idea was in the ascendant" ascendantascendent
adjective
tending or directed upward "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin ascendantascendentascensive
most powerful or important or influential "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" ascendantascendentdominating