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单词 hegemony
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Definition of hegemony in English:

hegemony

noun hɪˈdʒɛmənihɪˈɡɛməni
mass noun
  • Leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.

    Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Under this strategy they are going to bring the whole world under their hegemony.
    • At a cultural level, there are signs that the bourgeois hegemony is being challenged by our taste for the tasteless.
    • In the power politics of this struggle for hegemony, the new cold war is not much different from the old cold war.
    • It is not a battle for territorial domination, ideological supremacy or economic hegemony.
    • It has been a strong supporter of United States hegemony, and therefore also of the NATO alliance.
    • Will Europe ever get a clue, or will they just kowtow to U.S. hegemony?
    • The almighty dollar, which at one time served as a tool of hegemony, is not as viable a tool at present.
    • In its early years it was seen by the Soviet Union as an instrument of Western hegemony.
    • The ruling classes in Europe and Japan are far less willing to accept US hegemony.
    • Driven by its economic crisis, it is attempting to reorganise the globe under its hegemony.
    • For Marxists, US hegemony was a specific phase of capitalist expansion in the post-war era.
    • It is striking how exactly this coincided with the end of the world hegemony of British imperialism.
    • The problem for the ruling class is how to reassert such hegemony.
    • In the east, the seventh-century crisis similarly undermined aristocratic hegemony.
    • On the military level, it is much more difficult for Europe to challenge American hegemony.
    • Yet, while imperialism has generally withered, other forms of domination or hegemony have arisen.
    • Nevertheless its defeat was a massive blow to US hegemony in the region.
    • US military hegemony is no longer underwritten by equivalent global economic supremacy.
    • American hegemony in defence will, however, remain unchallenged for as long ahead as can be contemplated.
    • It has no basis in anything other than the social reality its hegemony constructs.
    Synonyms
    leadership, dominance, dominion, supremacy, ascendancy, predominance, primacy, authority, mastery, control, power, sway, rule, sovereignty
    rare predomination, paramountcy, prepotence, prepotency, prepollency

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Greek hēgemonia, from hēgemōn 'leader', from hēgeisthai 'to lead'.

Rhymes

anemone, Emeny, lemony, Yemeni
 
 

Definition of hegemony in US English:

hegemony

noun
  • Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.

    Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It has been a strong supporter of United States hegemony, and therefore also of the NATO alliance.
    • At a cultural level, there are signs that the bourgeois hegemony is being challenged by our taste for the tasteless.
    • On the military level, it is much more difficult for Europe to challenge American hegemony.
    • Driven by its economic crisis, it is attempting to reorganise the globe under its hegemony.
    • It has no basis in anything other than the social reality its hegemony constructs.
    • In the east, the seventh-century crisis similarly undermined aristocratic hegemony.
    • It is not a battle for territorial domination, ideological supremacy or economic hegemony.
    • It is striking how exactly this coincided with the end of the world hegemony of British imperialism.
    • In the power politics of this struggle for hegemony, the new cold war is not much different from the old cold war.
    • Nevertheless its defeat was a massive blow to US hegemony in the region.
    • The problem for the ruling class is how to reassert such hegemony.
    • Under this strategy they are going to bring the whole world under their hegemony.
    • American hegemony in defence will, however, remain unchallenged for as long ahead as can be contemplated.
    • In its early years it was seen by the Soviet Union as an instrument of Western hegemony.
    • The ruling classes in Europe and Japan are far less willing to accept US hegemony.
    • The almighty dollar, which at one time served as a tool of hegemony, is not as viable a tool at present.
    • Yet, while imperialism has generally withered, other forms of domination or hegemony have arisen.
    • Will Europe ever get a clue, or will they just kowtow to U.S. hegemony?
    • US military hegemony is no longer underwritten by equivalent global economic supremacy.
    • For Marxists, US hegemony was a specific phase of capitalist expansion in the post-war era.
    Synonyms
    leadership, dominance, dominion, supremacy, ascendancy, predominance, primacy, authority, mastery, control, power, sway, rule, sovereignty

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Greek hēgemonia, from hēgemōn ‘leader’, from hēgeisthai ‘to lead’.

 
 
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