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he·gem·o·ny    Audio Help   [hi-jem-uh-nee, hej-uh-moh-nee] Pronunciation Key
–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 hégemonía leadership, supremacy, equiv. to hégemon- (s. of hégemn) leader + -ia -y3]

heg·e·mon·ic    Audio Help   [hej-uh-mon-ik] Pronunciation Key, heg·e·mon·i·cal, adjective
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he·gem·o·ny    Audio Help   (hĭ-jěm'ə-nē, hěj'ə-mō'nē)  Pronunciation Key 
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.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

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hegemony

noun
the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others; "the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation"; "to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony"; "the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system" 

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Hegemony

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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