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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]