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hegemony(dictionary)

hegemony (iou)



hegemony noun. M16.
[Greek hegemonia, from hegemon: see HEGEMON, -MONY.]
Leadership or predominance, esp. by one member of a confederacy or union (orig. of the States of ancient Greece); a State etc. having this. M16.
H. H. Asquith Attempting..to secure for the Papal State the political hegemony of Italy. A. Briggs A new working-class hegemony,..an attempt to build a paradise for the poor.
Dominance or undue influence exercised by a country (spec. the former USSR) over its weaker neighbour(s). L20.
Daily Telegraph In Third World terms 'hegemony' has come generally to mean Soviet domination.
hegemonist noun an advocate of a particular form of hegemony L19.