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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hegemony has 1 sense
- hegemony(n = noun.group) Array - the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others; "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" is a kind of form of government, political system
CIDE DICTIONARY
hegemony, n. [Gr. , fr. guide, leader, fr. to go before.].
Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates. Lieber. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hegemony, n. leadership esp. by one State of a confederacy.
Etymology
Gk hegemonia f. hegemon leader f. hegeomai lead
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