Hegemony

//hɪˈd͡ʒɛ.mə.ni//

Synonyms for "hegemony" (63 found)

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Closest matches (13)

leadership acme archbishopric aristocracy authority authorization bishopric blue ribbon championship chancellery chieftaincy command consulate

Strong matches (19)

control deanery dictatorship directorship domination dominion effectiveness episcopacy first place first prize height hierarchy highest influence jurisdiction kingship lordship magistracy management

Related words (31)

Related word relations

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More general

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form of government political system

Related terms

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hegemon hegemonic

derived

8 entries

antihegemony counterhegemony hegemonical hegemonism hegemonist hegemonistic hegemonize posthegemony

has context

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formal

is a

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political system

related to

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hegemon hegemonic

Translations

90 translations across 54 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

hegjemoni noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Arabic

2 entries

سَيْطَرَة noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
هَيْمَنَة noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Armenian

2 entries

գերիշխանություն noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
հեգեմոնիա noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Asturian

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hexemonía noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

hegemoniya noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
üstünlük noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Belarusian

2 entries

гегемо́нія noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
панава́нне noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Bulgarian

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госпо́дство noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
хегемо́ния noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Catalan

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hegemonia noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

霸權 /霸权 noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
領導權 /领导权 noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Czech

2 entries

hegemonie noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
nadvláda noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Danish

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hegemoni noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
overherredømme noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Dutch

4 entries

heerschap noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
hegemonie noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
overwicht noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
preponderantie noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Estonian

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hegemoonia noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Finnish

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hegemonia noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

French

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hégémonie noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Galician

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hexemonía noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Georgian

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ბატონობა noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
ჰეგემონია noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

German

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Hegemonie noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
Vorherrschaft noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Greek

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ηγεμονία noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Hebrew

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הֶגְמוֹנְיָה noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Hindi

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आधिपत्य noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Hungarian

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hegemónia noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Icelandic

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forræði noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Italian

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egemonia noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Japanese

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ヘゲモニー noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
覇権 noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Kazakh

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үстемдік noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Khmer

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អនុត្តរភាព noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Korean

2 entries

패권 noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
헤게모니 noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Kyrgyz

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гегемония noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
үстөмдүк noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Latvian

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hegemonija noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Lithuanian

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hegemonija noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Macedonian

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превласт noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
хегемонија noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Malay

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hegemoni noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Malayalam

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ആധിപത്യം noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

hegemoni noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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hegemoni noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Persian

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سلطهگری noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
فرادستی noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
هژمونی noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Polish

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hegemonia noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Portuguese

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hegemonia noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Romanian

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hegemonie noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Russian

3 entries

гегемо́ния noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
госпо́дство noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
игемо́ния noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

hegemònija noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
prȅvlāst noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
пре̏вла̄ст noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
хегемо̀нија noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Sicilian

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eggimunìa noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Slovak

2 entries

hegemónia noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
nadvláda noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Slovene

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hegemonija noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
nadvlada noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Spanish

1 entries

hegemonía noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Swedish

2 entries

hegemoni noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
herravälde noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Tajik

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гегемония noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
ҳукмронӣ noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Turkish

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hegemonya noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
üstünlük noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Ukrainian

4 entries

владарюва́ння noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
володарюва́ння noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
гегемо́нія noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
панува́ння noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

hegemonija noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Uzbek

3 entries

gegemoniya noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
gegemonlik noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)
ustunlik noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Venetan

1 entries

egemonia noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Vietnamese

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bá quyền noun (domination, influence, or authority over another)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In order to maintain their hegemony, various mayors have tried to get their sons elected as successors after they have retired from office.

Source: tatoeba (2397913)

Sparta aspired to hegemony over all of Greece.

Source: tatoeba (7789617)

The ruling class employs a variety of means to maintain their hegemony.

Source: tatoeba (10627855)

American hegemony is waning.

Source: tatoeba (10767237)

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