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HEGEMONY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hegemony mean?
• HEGEMONY (noun)
The noun HEGEMONY has 1 sense:
1. the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
Familiarity information: HEGEMONY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system
Hypernyms ("hegemony" is a kind of...):
form of government; political system (the members of a social organization who are in power)
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