hegemony

Noun

Meaning

Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

power control influence authority command leadership dominance mastery ascendancy preponderance preeminence supremacy primacy empire raj
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Antonyms

lack break ban autonomy disadvantage breach
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Hypernyms

political system form of government

Related terms

hegemon hegemonic

Phrases with the word

colonial hegemony cultural hegemony naval hegemony roman hegemony augustus' hegemony papal hegemony

Examples

Because of the hegemony of fundamentalist religion in the United States, this country has been among the most resistant to the fact of human evolution. Jerry Coyne

The scope of America's global hegemony is admittedly great, but its depth is shallow, limited by both domestic and external restraints. Zbigniew Brzezinski

It isn't pleasant to surrender to the hegemony of a nation which is still wild and primitive, and to concede the absolute superiority of its customs and institutions, science and technology, literature and art. Must one sacrifice so much in the name of the unity of mankind? Czesław Miłosz

My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto things. Clifford Geertz

Cultural pluralism is as important as political and multi- party pluralism. Religious, linguistic and cultural pluralism are vitally important hallmarks of a true democracy. We are against cultural hegemony of any sort. Diversity is a mark of a healthy democracy. Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Illness reduces man to his basic state: a cloaca in which the chemical processes continue. The meaningless hegemony of the involuntary. Paul Bowles

Close letter words and terms

hegemonization hegemonize hegemonizer Heger hegetotheriid hegetotheriine