Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others;
- Example: "the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation"- Example: "to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony"- Example: "the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system"
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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"