ascensions

Noun

ascension (countable and uncountable, plural ascensions)

1. The act of ascending; an ascent.
   • The ascension of the hot-air balloon gave us a better view.
2. 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...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. That which rises, as from distillation.
   • vaporous ascensions from the stomach1683, Thomas Browne, “Observations upon Several Plants Mention’d in Scripture”, in Certain Miscellany Tracts
4. (incel slang, intramurally derogatory) The act or process of ceasing to be an incel, generally by losing one's virginity/having sex, or entering a romantic relationship.
   • 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...

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