hegemony
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ə 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 -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 an·ti·he·gem·o·nies, adjective
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| —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 | |
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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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Example sentences
This isn't the latest academic fad, but a gripping tale of a struggle for cultural hegemony.
Stuffiness in social interaction was a symbol of the despised elder generation's cultural hegemony.
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.
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