hegemonic
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- adjective
- /hɪˈdʒɛmənɪk/
- Formal
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hegemónico
- As such, institutions may reproduce hegemonic relations in which marginalized individuals submit to the very structures that oppress them.
- hegemonic discourse
- hegemonic masculinity
- hegemonic culture
So the American narrative is Iran is a hegemonic power.
- So the American narrative is Iran is a hegemonic power.
- Before, underdeveloped countries produced raw materials and hegemonic countries produced high value added industrial products.
Examples
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So the American narrative is Iran is a hegemonic power.
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Representations of the past are an equally prominent feature of hegemonic struggle in modern industrial societies.
Academic text (1990) -
Part of my message here is that they were hegemonic until the financial crisis, after which they began to fray.
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The papers in this collection examine a varied range of sites, vehicles, and processes of hegemonic activity.
Academic text (1990) -
Before, underdeveloped countries produced raw materials and hegemonic countries produced high value added industrial products.
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The rise of China does not have to trigger a wrenching hegemonic transition.
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At present, the United States cannot afford to undertake such a unilateral hegemonic role.
Academic text (1991) -
First, the United States in 1945 was something considerably more than a hegemonic superpower.
Academic text (1999) -
Spatial practices feed smoothly into what has become the hegemonic ethnographic question, "What are people really doing?"
Academic text (2008) -
Historically, the Roman Empire established a hegemonic influence that shaped the cultures of conquered lands.
Synonyms
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Having great influence over people and events
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A leader who has complete power and does not allow others to disagree
Wanting one group or country to control others
Being the most powerful or important in a group
A person who controls others too much and does not let them speak
A government led by one person with all the power
Antonyms
How Dominant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hegemonic comes from the Greek root hegemon, which means 'leader' or 'ruler'. So something hegemonic has the leading power or control over others, like a dominant group that sets the rules.