Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hegemony

1 sense of hegemony

Sense 1
hegemony -- (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")
       => political system, form of government -- (the members of a social organization who are in power)