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HEGEMONY

Pronunciation (US):

• HEGEMONY (noun)
The noun HEGEMONY has 1 sense:

1. the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others

Familiarity information: HEGEMONY used as a noun is very rare.

• HEGEMONY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context examples:

the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation / to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony / the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system

Hypernyms ("hegemony" is a kind of...):

form of government; political system (the members of a social organization who are in power)

"No man is content with his lot."
(English proverb)
"Each person at his job is a god."
(Albanian proverb)
"God helps those who help themselves."
(Arabic proverb)
"Let sleeping dogs lie."
(Dutch proverb)

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