hegemony

WOTD - 17 February 2007    

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡγεμονία (hēgemonia, “supremacy or leadership, chief command”), from ἡγεμών (hegemon, “a leader, guide, commander, chief”), from ἡγέομαι (hēgeomai, “to lead”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /hɪˈɡɛm.ə.ni/, /hɪˈdʒəm.ə.ni/
• (US) IPA: /həˈdʒɛm.ə.ni/, /ˈhɛdʒ.(ə).moʊ.ni/

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Noun

hegemony (plural hegemonies)

Wikipedia

1. (formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
2. 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.

   • ie: internationally among nation-states, and regionally over social classes, between languages or even culture.

     eg: The two political parties battled viciously for hegemony.

Derived terms

• hegemonism
• hegemonist

Related terms

• hegemon
• hegemonic

Translations

domination, influence, or authority over another

Armenian: գերիշխանություն (hy) (gerišxanutʿyun) Chinese: Mandarin: 霸權 (zh), 霸权 (zh) (bàquán) Czech: nadvláda (cs) f., hegemonie (cs) f. Dutch: hegemonie (nl) f., suprematie (nl), heerschap (nl), overwicht (nl), preponderantie (nl) Finnish: hegemonia (fi) French: hégémonie (fr) f. German: Hegemonie (de) f. Japanese: 覇権 (ja) (はけん, haken), ヘゲモニー (ja) (hegemonī)

Khmer: អនុត្តរភាព (km) (ak nut tak rak pheap) Norwegian: hegemoni (no) n. Polish: hegemonia (pl) f. Russian: гегемония (ru) (gegemónija) f., господство (ru) (gospódstvo) n. Serbian: hegemonija f., nadvlada f. Serbo-Croatian: hegemonija f. Spanish: hegemonía (es) f. Swedish: hegemoni (sv) c., herravälde (sv) Turkish: hegemonya (tr) Venetian: egemonia f.

External links

• hegemony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• hegemony in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911