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he⋅gem⋅o⋅ny

  [hi-jem-uh-nee, hej-uh-moh-nee]
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–noun, plural -nies.
1. leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
2. leadership; predominance.
3. (esp. among smaller nations) aggression or expansionism by large nations in an effort to achieve world domination.
Origin:
1560–70; < Gk hēgemonía leadership, supremacy, equiv. to hēgemon- (s. of hēgemn) leader + -ia -y 3

Related forms:
heg⋅e⋅mon⋅ic  [hej-uh-mon-ik] , heg⋅e⋅mon⋅i⋅cal, adjective
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he·gem·o·ny   (hĭ-jěm'ə-nē, hěj'ə-mō'nē)   
n.   pl. he·gem·o·nies
The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

[Greek hēgemoniā, from hēgemōn, leader; see hegemon.]
heg'e·mon'ic (hěj'ə-mŏn'ĭk) adj., he·gem'o·nism n., he·gem'o·nist adj. & n.
Usage Note: Hegemony may be stressed on either the first or second syllable, though the pronunciation with stress on the second syllable may be winning out. Seventy-two percent of the Usage Panel prefers it.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Hegemonic

Heg`e*mon"ic\, Hegemonical \Heg`e*mon"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?. See Hegemony.] Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant. "Princelike and hegemonical." --Fotherby.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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