ascension
/əˈsɛnʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.34 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A transcendence of the material world; a transition to a higher form, state, or plane of existence.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The act or process of ceasing to be an incel, generally by losing one's virginity/having sex, or entering a romantic relationship.
Countable; Uncountable
name
The believed entry of Jesus Christ into heaven after his resurrection.
name
A holiday celebrating the Ascension of Jesus, 40 days after Easter.
name
Example Sentences
- "The ascension of the hot-air balloon gave us a better view."
- "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."
- "vaporous ascensions from the stomach"
- "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."
- "“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”."
- "Furthermore, the concept of "ascension" highlights incels' fixation on intimate relationships as the ultimate source of social fulfillment."
Etymology
From Middle English ascencioun, from Old French ascension, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem (“ascent”). Displaced native Old English upfæreld.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ascencioun, ascension, ascēnsiō