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hegemonical

hegemonical adjective: leading; controlling; predominant.

Adjective

hegemonical (comparative more hegemonical, superlative most hegemonical)

  1. Leading; controlling; predominant.
    • The principal and hegemonical power of the soul the Stoics situated in the heart1862, Nathaniel Culverwell, Of the Light of Nature
    • supremacy in an area that the hegemonical state controls fundamentally by coercive power1973, Klaus Knorr, Power and Wealth

Forms of hegemonical

comparativemore hegemonical
superlativemost hegemonical

Origin of hegemonical

From hegemony + -ical.

Questions about hegemonical

What does hegemonical mean?
Hegemonical means leading; controlling; predominant.
What part of speech is hegemonical?
Hegemonical is an adjective.

Words near hegemonical in the dictionary

  1. hegemon
  2. Hegemone
  3. hegemonial
  4. hegemonic
  5. hegemonic masculinity
  6. hegemonical
  7. hegemonically
  8. hegemonics
  9. hegemonies
  10. hegemonise
  11. hegemonised

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