Associations to the word «Hegemony»

Wiktionary

HEGEMONY, noun. (formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
HEGEMONY, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

HEGEMONY, noun. 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".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King