hegemonism
Americannoun
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.
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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.
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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.
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