hegemony
[ hi-jem-uh-nee, hej-uh-moh-nee ]
/ hɪˈdʒɛm ə ni, ˈhɛdʒ əˌmoʊ ni /
noun, plural he·gem·o·nies.
leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
leadership; predominance.
(especially among smaller nations) aggression or expansionism by large nations in an effort to achieve world domination.
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- hegelianism,
- hegemon,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonism,
- hegemonist,
- hegglin's anomaly,
- hegira,
- hegumen,
- heh,
- heian
Origin of hegemony
1560–70; < Greek hēgemonía leadership, supremacy, equivalent to hēgemon- (stem of hēgemṓn) leader + -ia -y3
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hegemony
/ (hɪˈɡɛmənɪ) /
noun plural -nies
ascendancy or domination of one power or state within a league, confederation, etc, or of one social class over others
Word Origin for hegemony
C16: from Greek hēgemonia authority, from hēgemōn leader, from hēgeisthai to lead
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hegemony
1560s, from Greek hegemonia "leadership, a leading the way, a going first;" also "the authority or sovereignty of one city-state over a number of others," as Athens in Attica, Thebes in Boeotia; from hegemon "leader," from hegeisthai "to lead," perhaps originally "to track down," from PIE *sag-eyo-, from root *sag- "to seek out, track down, trace" (see seek). Originally of predominance of one city state or another in Greek history; in reference to modern situations from 1860, at first of Prussia in relation to other German states.
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