hegemony
UK/hɪˈɡɛ.mə.ni//hɪˈd͡ʒɛ.mə.ni/
hegemony noun: domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
Noun
hegemony (countable and uncountable, plural hegemonies)
- Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
- The idea of a German republic and confederacy like the American, is surely less fantastical than a hegemony to which nobody is willing to submit.1820 [1819], “Germany and the Revolution”, in anonymous translator, The Pamphleteer, volume xxv, number 30, London, translation of Teutschland und die Revolution by J[oseph] Görres, page 572
- Dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group or hegemon acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force.
- The two political parties battled viciously for hegemony.
hegemony meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
hegemony in Hindi
- domination, influence, or authority over another
- आधिपत्य ādhipatya
hegemony in Tamil
- வல்லாண்மை, தலைமை, முதன்மைச் செல்வாக்கு, தலைமைப்பீடம்
hegemony in Urdu
- domination, influence, or authority over another
- سِیادَت siyādat, غَلْبَہ ġalba, بَرْتَری bartarī, چَودَھراہَٹ caudharāhaṭ, قِیادَت qiyādat, سَرْداری sardārī
hegemony in Bengali
- hegemony
- একাধিপত্য ekadhipotto
More languagesFewer languages
- hegemony in Malayalam
- ആധിപത്യം ādhipatyaṁ
- hegemony in Tagalog
- ehemoniya
- hegemony in Arabic
- هَيْمَنَة haymana, سَيْطَرَة sayṭara
- hegemony in Malay
- hegemoni
- hegemony in Thai
- อำนาจนำ, การครอบงำ gaan-krɔ̂ɔp-ngam
- hegemony in Vietnamese
- bá quyền
Examples of hegemony in a sentence
- When one is a beggar, it is usually rather difficult to challenge the hegemony of the beggee.
- Fratriarchies are fraternal interest groups whose masculine practices serve to construct and reconstruct masculine hegemony.
- Unlike the decline of British hegemony, in the current world-system no military or economic contender has emerged to replace US hegemony.
Forms of hegemony
| plural | hegemonies |
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Origin of hegemony
From Ancient Greek ἡγεμονία (hēgemonía, “supremacy or leadership, chief command”), from ἡγεμών (hēgemṓn, “a leader, guide, commander, chief”), from ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead”). Early 19th-century usage influenced by German Hegemonie.
Words formed from hegemony
Questions about hegemony
- What does hegemony mean?
- Hegemony means domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
- What is hegemony in Hindi?
- Hegemony in Hindi is आधिपत्य (ādhipatya). See Hegemony meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hegemony?
- Hegemony is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hegemony?
- Hegemony is pronounced /hɪˈɡɛ.mə.ni/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hegemony?
- The plural of hegemony is hegemonies.
Words near hegemony in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hegemony (page history and authors); hegemony (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); একাধিপত্য (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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