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he·gem·o·ny    Audio Help   [hi-jem-uh-nee, hej-uh-moh-nee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -nies.
1.leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
2.leadership; predominance.
3.(esp. among smaller nations) aggression or expansionism by large nations in an effort to achieve world domination.
[Origin: 1560–70; < Gk hégemonía leadership, supremacy, equiv. to hégemon- (s. of hégemn) leader + -ia -y3]

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heg·e·mon·ic    Audio Help   [hej-uh-mon-ik] Pronunciation Key, heg·e·mon·i·cal, adjective
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Main Entry:  hegemony
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  authority, control, dominance, influence
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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hegemony, [Gr.,=leadership], dominance, originally of one Greek city-state over others, the term has been extended to refer to the dominance of one nation over others, and, following Gramsci, of one class over others. Conflict over hegemony fills history from the war between Athens and Sparta to the Napoleonic wars, World Wars I and II, and the Cold War. Gramsci's use of the concept extends it beyond international relations to class structure and even to culture.

See K. J. Holsti, The Dividing Discipline (1985).

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