hegemony

hegemony
noun /hɪˈɡɛm.ə.ni,hɪˈdʒəm.ə.ni,həˈdʒɛm.ə.ni,ˈhɛdʒ.(ə).moʊ.ni/
a) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.

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

b) 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.

eg: The two political parties battled viciously for hegemony.

See Also: hegemon, hegemonic

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  • Hegemony — (pronEng|hɨˈdʒɛməni (Amer.), IPA|/hɨˈɡɛməni/ (Brit.)) [Clive Upton, Wiliam A. Kretzschmar, Rafal Konopka: Oxford Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English . Oxford University Press, 2001] ( el. ἡγεμονία hēgemonía ) is a concept that has… …   Wikipedia

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hegemony — I noun ascendance, ascendancy, authority, command, control, directorship, dominance, domination, dominion, governance, headship, importance, influence, lawful authority, leadership, lordship, mastery, paramountcy, power, predominance,… …   Law dictionary

  • hegemony — 1560s, from Gk. hegemonia leadership, a leading the way, a going first; also the authority or sovereignty of one city state over a number of others, as Athens in Attica, Thebes in Boeotia; from hegemon leader, from hegeisthai to lead, perhaps… …   Etymology dictionary

  • hegemony — meaning ‘political leadership of a group of states’, is pronounced hi jem ǝ ni or hi gem ǝ ni, with the g either hard or soft and with the stress on the second syllable …   Modern English usage

  • hegemony — ► NOUN ▪ dominance, especially by one state or social group over others. DERIVATIVES hegemonic adjective. ORIGIN Greek h gemonia, from h gem n leader …   English terms dictionary

  • hegemony — [hi jem′ə nē; hej′ə mō΄nē, hē′jəmō΄nē] n. pl. hegemonies [Gr hēgemonia, leadership < hēgemōn, leader < hēgeisthai, to lead, go on ahead < IE base * sāg , to track down > SAKE1, SEEK] leadership or dominance, esp. that of one state or… …   English World dictionary

  • hegemony — This concept is to be understood in the context of Karl Marx s historical materialism. It refers to the ideal representation of the interests of the ruling class as universal interests. The cumulative nature of the universalization of ideas not… …   Dictionary of sociology

  • Hegemony —    A key concept developed by Antonio Gramsci in his Prison Notebooks (1929–1935), hegemony refers to the domination achieved by a ruling class through force and, more importantly, through moral and intellectual leadership and alliances with… …   Historical dictionary of Marxism

  • hegemony — noun Etymology: Greek hēgemonia, from hēgemōn leader, from hēgeisthai to lead more at seek Date: 1567 1. preponderant influence or authority over others ; domination < battled for hegemony in Asia > 2. the social, cultural, ideological, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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