Noun: hegemony
| Singular | hegemony |
| Plural | hegemonies |
Sample Sentences
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The idea of a German republic and confederacy like the American, is surely less fantastical than a hegemony to which nobody is willing to submit. [1820 [1819], “Germany and the Revolution”, in anonymous translator, The Pamphleteer, volume xxv, number 30, London, translation of Teutschland und die Revolution by J[oseph] Görres, page 572:]
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The two political parties battled viciously for hegemony.
Nouns inflected like hegemony
clitoridectomy,
royal jelly,
whoopsy,
surrogacy,
urinary,
rastrography,
renoscopy,
sourtop blueberry,
forcible entry,
superficiary,
lipidosity,
potability,
phonography,
hyperproperty,
greenery,
conjugality,
ring singularity,
Brittany,
ignobility,
obscurity, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἡγεμονία (hēgemonía, “supremacy or leadership, chief command”), from ἡγεμών (hēgemṓn, “a leader, guide, commander, chief”), from ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead”). Early 19th-century usage influenced by German Hegemonie. See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἡγεμονία', German Nouns '
Hegemonie'.
Verbs referencing "hegemony"
Finnish Nouns
hegemonia, Dutch Nouns
hegemonie.