hegemony
leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
leadership; predominance.
(especially among smaller nations) aggression or expansionism by large nations in an effort to achieve world domination.
Origin of hegemony
1Other words from hegemony
- heg·e·mon·ic [hej-uh-mon-ik], /ˌhɛdʒ əˈmɒn ɪk/, 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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How to use hegemony in a sentence
In reply, Colby notes that all those conflicts arose before the nuclear age and points out that the Soviet Union and America conducted a largely peaceful struggle for global hegemony precisely because they knew all-out war would destroy them both.
As the U.S. and China continue to posture, the key will be Taiwan | Clyde Prestowitz | October 29, 2021 | Washington PostLeading analysts such as Harvard’s Graham Allison argue that the vast majority of historical struggles among states for global hegemony have ended in devastating wars.
As the U.S. and China continue to posture, the key will be Taiwan | Clyde Prestowitz | October 29, 2021 | Washington PostBack in the countercultural heyday of the 1960s, the molecular biologist Gunther Stent suggested that this process would happen through “global hegemony of beat attitudes.”
Drugs, Robots, and the Pursuit of Pleasure: Why Experts Are Worried About AIs Becoming Addicts | Thomas Moynihan | September 17, 2021 | Singularity HubOn the other hand, if they are conscious, we should welcome the prospect of their future hegemony.
If Aliens Exist, Here’s How We’ll Find Them - Issue 97: Wonder | Martin Rees & Mario Livio | February 24, 2021 | NautilusWashington must not permit China to gain regional hegemony over its neighbors nor allow it to establish exclusionary or discriminatory trade blocs.
Defeating today’s top threats requires rethinking our idea of national security | Melvyn Leffler | January 26, 2021 | Washington Post
People sent her bits of information as a way for them to resist the hegemony of the cartels.
She Tweeted Against the Mexican Cartels. They Tweeted Her Murder. | Jason McGahan | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe BRICS Bank looks, for all its founding rhetoric, like a platform for Chinese hegemony instead.
John Kerry Just Visited. But Should We Just Forget About India? | Tunku Varadarajan | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe schism in Wisconsin was the first crack in the Republican Party's hegemony.
The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics | Michael Wolraich | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe voting-rights issue in Mississippi was about control of the political machinery and about the “tradition” of white hegemony.
After Japan invaded the Korean Peninsula in 1905, the conquerors sought to co-opt local pride to reinforce Japanese hegemony.
Such a Sweet Little Dictator: Kim Jong-un and North Korea’s Child Cult | Scott Bixby | April 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhy he appropriated for Italy the revolutionary hegemony, he would have found it difficult to give a convincing reason.
The Life of Mazzini | Bolton KingIn reality it was far more, because it gave the hegemony of continental Europe to Prussia.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneThe Athenian “hegemony” in its earlier and later phases had an important financial side.
And it seemed that only a short ladder lay between the preparation room and the Anglo-Saxon hegemony of the globe.
The Longest Journey | E. M. ForsterShe aimed at overthrowing the present status quo in the Balkans, and establishing her own hegemony there.
British Dictionary definitions for hegemony
/ (hɪˈɡɛmənɪ) /
ascendancy or domination of one power or state within a league, confederation, etc, or of one social class over others
Origin of hegemony
1Derived forms of hegemony
- hegemonic (ˌhɛɡəˈmɒnɪk), adjective
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