hegemonic

Adjective

Meaning

Alt. of Hegemonical

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

supreme cardinal prime imperial grand central main major general leading official head primary capital superior
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Antonyms

last small little auxiliary secondary dependent
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Phrases with the word

anti-hegemonic hegemonic masculinity hegemonic force hegemonic race

Anagrams

hemogenic

Examples

In the long run, global politics are bound to become increasingly uncongenial to the concentration of hegemonic power in the hands of a single state. Hence America is not only the first, as well as the only, truly global superpower, but is also likely to be the very last. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Sydney: [proposing to Mo] Will you do me the honor of paradoxically reinscribing and destabilizing hegemonic discourse with me? Alison Bechdel

Through exploitation of its influence over global financial affairs, the United States has been able to cover the costs of its hegemonic position, preserve a false domestic prosperity, and mask the consequences of its relative political and economic decline. Robert Gilpin

The clustering of technological innovation in time and space helps explain both the uneven growth among nations and the rise and decline of hegemonic powers. Robert Gilpin

The historical record suggests that the transition to to a new hegemon has always been attended by what I have elsewhere called hegemonic war. Robert Gilpin

While the US was hegemonic in the era of geopolitics, it is greatly weakened as globalization competes with, and gains ascendancy over, geopolitics. George Ritzer

Close letter words and terms

Hegeman hegemon Hegemone hegemonic force hegemonic masculinity hegemonic race