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hegemonical

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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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hegemony 
1567, from Gk. hegemonia "leadership," from hegemon "leader," from hegeisthai "to lead." Originally of predominance of one city state or another in Gk. history.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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