hegemonism
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of hegemonism
First recorded in 1960–65; hegemon(y) + -ism
Example Sentences
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A. We look upon it as being big hegemonism, where one wants to exercise global hegemonism, and small hegemonism, where one seeks only local hegemonism.
From Time Magazine Archive
Teng wasted no time in getting to China's chief international concern; in his final address he noted that both China and the Philippines were opposed to "big-power hegemonism," China's code word for Soviet expansionism.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is not a hegemonism of some nations over others.
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