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hegemonism

American  
[hi-jem-uh-niz-uhm] / hɪˈdʒɛm əˌnɪz əm /

noun

  1. the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.


Other Word Forms

  • antihegemonism noun
  • hegemonist noun
  • hegemonistic adjective

Etymology

Origin of hegemonism

First recorded in 1960–65; hegemon(y) + -ism

Example Sentences

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This is not a hegemonism of some nations over others.

From Time Magazine Archive

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