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ənoun, plural -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 -y3
1560–70; < Greek hēgemonía leadership, supremacy, equivalent to hēgemon- (stem of hēgemṓn) leader + -ia -y3
Related forms
an·ti·he·gem·o·ny, noun, plural -nies, adjective
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Hegemony
is a GRE word you need to know.
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Example Sentences
- Nothing much seemed to dent this vision of corporate hegemony squeezing out all but the most profitable trash.
- Cardinal Richelieu probably didn't have culinary hegemony in mind when he helped invent the modern dinner knife in 1637.
- The charter had amped the momentum of the central government's mission to sanitize the Internet of opposition to its hegemony.
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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.
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