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hegemony
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Hegemony
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he·gem·o·ny
/
hɪˈdʒɛm
ə
ni, ˈhɛdʒ
əˌmoʊ
ni
/
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[
hi-
jem
-
uh
-nee,
hej
-
uh
-moh-nee
]
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noun,
plural
he·gem·o·nies.
1.
leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
2.
leadership; predominance.
3.
(especially among smaller nations) aggression or expansionism by large nations in an effort to achieve world domination.
Origin:
1560–70;
<
Greek
hēgemonía
leadership, supremacy, equivalent to
hēgemon-
(stem of
hēgemṓn
) leader +
-ia
-y
3
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heg·e·mon·ic
/
ˌhɛdʒ
əˈmɒn
ɪk
/
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hej-
uh
-
mon
-ik
]
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,
heg·e·mon·i·cal,
adjective
an·ti·he·gem·o·ny,
noun,
plural
an·ti·he·gem·o·nies,
adjective
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World English Dictionary
hegemony
(hɪˈɡɛmənɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-nies
ascendancy or domination of one power or state within a league, confederation, etc, or of one social class over others
[C16: from Greek
hēgemonia
authority, from
hēgemōn
leader, from
hēgeisthai
to lead]
hegemonic
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Western
hegemony
was one of the great asymmetries of world history.
The charter had amped the momentum of the central government's mission to
sanitize the Internet of opposition to its hegemony.
The media was under the
hegemony
of conformists supporting the status quo.
Etruscan
hegemony
ended in the 5th century with their expulsion
Instead, the record companies now moaned the firm had
hegemony
, fixing prices of music and setting terms with impunity.
Hegemony
is then ability to deny, not ability to produce.
Cardinal Richelieu probably didn't have culinary
hegemony
in mind when he helped invent the modern dinner knife in 1637.
Criticizes the
hegemony
of social constructivism in rhetoric and composition.
The period of Labour
hegemony
that began in 1997 is coming to an end.
It wasn't easy being a jazz fan at the height of rock's
hegemony
in pop music.
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