Dictionary

ascension en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈsɛnʃən/
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Etymology

From Middle English ascencioun, from Old French ascension, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem (“ascent”). Displaced native Old English upfæreld.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of ascending; an ascent.
   • The ascension of the hot-air balloon gave us a better view.
2. (countable, uncountable) A transcendence of the material world; a transition to a higher form, state, or plane of existence.
   • It seems that they existed in some sort of previous incarnation of our universe, and use abstract terms to describe their existence, such as "feeding on concepts". They prepared for some sort of ascension, but then the Pattern came, which they describe at first as an all-consuming emptiness, elaborating by saying that anything that passed into it was torn asunder, subjected to a set of principles and order that grinds things down to nothing, in a process of which entropy is just one part. 2019 January 7, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: Pattern Screamers” (6:12 from the start), in The Exploring Series, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2023:
3. (countable, uncountable) That which rises, as from distillation.
   • vaporous ascensions from the stomach 1683, Thomas Browne, “Observations upon Several Plants Mention’d in Scripture”, in Certain Miscellany Tracts:
4. (countable, qualifier:incel slang; intramurally derogatory; incel slang; intramurally derogatory, uncountable) The act or process of ceasing to be an incel, generally by losing one's virginity/having sex, or entering a romantic relationship.
   • Furthermore, the concept of "ascension" highlights incels' fixation on intimate relationships as the ultimate source of social fulfillment. 2024, S. Verhoef, "Defining female involuntary celibacy: a data-driven study on/r/trufemcels", thesis submitted to Tilburg University, page 43
   • In contrast to red pilled ascension thinking, our sample on r/IncelExit urged users to exit inceldom by engaging those strategies for the sake of personal wellbeing and new social capital. 2023, Ruxandra Mihaela Gheorghe, David Yuzva Clement, “'It's time to put the copes down and get to work’: a qualitative study of incel exit strategies on r/IncelExit”, in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, number 1:
   • “When I see how popular white guys are, I almost start to believe ascension is possible. But then I remember all of my other defects. Like the fact that I'm middle-aged”. 2024, anonymous, quoted in Václav Báča, "Hierarchy at the Bottom of the Hierarchy: Involuntary Celibates, Identity, and Race", thesis submitted to Charles University, page 45

Forms

Deriveds

reascension · right ascension · oblique ascension · ascensionist · ascensional

Relateds

descension · ascend · accession

Translations (40)

ba ҡалҡыу (the act of ascending) · ru восхо́д (the act of ascending) · ka ამაღლება (the act of ascending) · ru восхожде́ние (the act of ascending) · fr ascension (the act of ascending) · fi nouseminen (the act of ascending) · bg издигане (the act of ascending) · bg изкачване (the act of ascending) · hi आरोहण (the act of ascending) · fi nousu (the act of ascending) · gl ascensión (the act of ascending) · hu felemelkedés (the act of ascending) · mi kakenga (the act of ascending) · hu felszállás (the act of ascending) · fa طلوع (the act of ascending) · ast ascensión (the act of ascending) · ru взлёт (the act of ascending) · el ανάβαση (the act of ascending) · ar اِرْتِقَاء (the act of ascending) · pt ascensão (the act of ascending) · ru подъём (the act of ascending) · cmn 上升 (the act of ascending) · ba күтәрелеү (the act of ascending) · nl hemelvaart (the act of ascending) · cmn 提升 (the act of ascending) · de Aufstieg (the act of ascending) · de Aufsteigen (the act of ascending) · ka ასვლა (the act of ascending) · es ascensión (the act of ascending) · bg възход (the act of ascending) · it ascensione (the act of ascending) · cy esgyniad (the act of ascending) · cs stoupání (the act of ascending) · ca ascensió (the act of ascending) · mk вознесение (the act of ascending) · ka აღმასვლა (the act of ascending) · fa برایش (the act of ascending) · cs vzestup (the act of ascending) · is uppstigning (the act of ascending) · ar صُعُود (the act of ascending)