hegemonical

English

Etymology

hegemony +‎ -ical.

Adjective

hegemonical (comparative more hegemonical, superlative most hegemonical)

1. leading; controlling; predominant
   • 1862, Nathaniel Culverwell, Of the Light of Nature:

     The principal and hegemonical power of the soul the Stoics situated in the heart

   • 1973, Klaus Knorr, Power and Wealth:

     supremacy in an area that the hegemonical state controls fundamentally by coercive power

   • 2005, Hawkling Lugine Yen, A Survey of Constitutional Development in China:

     the hegemonical princes crushed assassins and murderers, restored legitimate but displaced princes to power

Related terms

• hegemonic