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How to pronounce hegemony in English?

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Type of form of government, political system


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.

Examples of hegemony

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The Compromise rested on American financial hegemony, and those days have ended.
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No nation is guaranteed eternal life, let alone eternal prosperity and hegemony.
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On several occasions James directly challenges his mother's hegemony over Frado.
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In 1979 the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the south's hegemony.
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The Delian League then formed, under Athenian hegemony and as Athens'instrument.
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It is the Left's sacred cow that the Third World suffers from Western hegemony.
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The French may grumble about Hollywood's hegemony, but they are sensible hosts.
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Rumors that Hamid Karzai's interests rest with American hegemony are bolstered.
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You want to suggest that the US hegemony is unthinkable in three hundred years.
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  • 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 ...
  • Hegemony (UK /hu1D7Bu02C8u0261u025Bmu0259ni/ or /u02C8hu1D7Bdu0292u025Bmu0259ni/, US /hu1D7Bu02C8du0292u025Bmu0259ni/u00A0pronunciationu00A0(helpu00B7info) or /u02C8hu1D7Bdu0292u025Bmou028Ani/; Greek: u1F21u03B3u03B5u03BCu03BFu03BDu03AFu03B1 hu0113gemonu00EDa, "leadership, rule") is the political, economic, or military predominance or control of one state over others. In Ancient Greece (8th century BCE u2013 6th century CE), hegemony denoted the politicou2013military dominance of a city-state over other city-states...
  • The Hyperion Cantos is a series of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. Set in the far future, and focusing more on plot and story development than technical detail, it falls into the soft science fiction category, and could be described as space opera. ...
  • Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others; 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 ...
  • (hegemonic) Of or pertaining to hegemony
  • (Hegemonic) preponderant influence or authority over others.
  • The word hegemony derives from the Greek term egemonia or emenon, meaning leader, ruler of political predominance. ...
  • A concept of Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) which refers to the way that the political and social domination of the bourgeois class in capitalist society is pervasively expressed not only in ideologies but in all realms of culture and social organization. ...
  • (18) -- preeminence of one group over others