HEGEMONY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others

Example:

the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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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