hegemony

2 definitions found

hegemony - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hegemony \He*gem`o*ny\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? guide, leader, fr. ? to
     go before.]
     Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually
     applied to the relation of a government or state to its
     neighbors or confederates. --Lieber.
     [1913 Webster]

hegemony - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hegemony
      n 1: 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"