Hegemony Definition

hĭ-jĕmə-nē, hĕjə-mōnē
hegemonies
noun
Leadership or dominance, esp. that of one state or nation over others.
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Noun

Singular:
hegemony
Plural:
hegemonies

Origin of Hegemony

  • From Ancient Greek ἡγεμονία (hēgemonia, “supremacy or leadership, chief command”), from ἡγεμών (hegemon, “a leader, guide, commander, chief”), from ἡγέομαι (hēgeomai, “to lead”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek hēgemoniā from hēgemōn leader hegemon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hegemony Sentence Examples

  • The principalenjoyedhishegemony over the staff of the school.

  • The two countries went to war fighting for hegemony over the entire region.

  • This secured for Sparta the undisputed hegemony of the Peloponnese.

  • The hegemony of the Aztecs, who dominated the other tribes from the central valley of Mexico, was oppressive.

  • How far Crete itself continued to preserve the hegemony which may reasonably be ascribed to it at an earlier age must remain doubtful.

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