HEGEMONY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HEGEMONY?

Need another word that means the same as “hegemony”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “hegemony” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Hegemony” are: leadership, dominance, dominion, supremacy, ascendancy, predominance, primacy, authority, mastery, control, power, sway, rule, sovereignty

Hegemony as a Noun

Definitions of "Hegemony" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hegemony” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others.
• Leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.

Synonyms of "Hegemony" as a noun (14 Words)

ascendancy	The state that exists when one person or group has power over another. The ascendancy of good over evil.
authority	Official permission or approval. He is an authority on corporate law.
control	The activity of managing or exerting control over something. Growing controls on local spending.
dominance	The predominance of one or more species in a plant or animal community. All had in conformity with the principle of dominance round seeds with yellow cotyledons.
dominion	The territory of a sovereign or government. The Angevin dominions.
leadership	The status of a leader. They challenged his leadership of the union.
mastery	Power to dominate or defeat. Mastery of the seas.
power	A state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world. He was a power in the university.
predominance	The quality of being more noticeable than anything else. Hollywood s continued predominance in the international film market.
primacy	The office, period of office, or authority of a primate of the Church. The first years of his primacy were tranquil.
rule	A rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system. Violence is the rule not the exception.
sovereignty	The authority of a state to govern itself or another state. National sovereignty.
supremacy	The state or condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status. The supremacy of the king.
sway	Pitching dangerously to one side. The country was under the sway of rival warlords.

Usage Examples of "Hegemony" as a noun

• Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871.
• The consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system.
• To say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony.
• The hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation.

Associations of "Hegemony" (30 Words)

administrate	Work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of. The person administrating the database system has left the company.
ascendant	Most powerful or important or influential. That idea was in the ascendant.
authority	A person or organization having political or administrative power and control. He had absolute authority over his subordinates.
autocracy	A political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was an autocracy.
checkpoint	A place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance.
control	The activity of managing or exerting control over something. Control the lever.
dictatorship	A country governed by a dictator. The effects of forty years of dictatorship.
disinformation	Misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc. The entire Western intelligence system had been systematically manipulated with clever disinformation.
domineer	Rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner. She doesn t domineer preferring to lead by inspiration rather than by intimidation.
govern	Conduct oneself, especially with regard to controlling one’s emotions. The future of Jamaica will be governed by geography not history.
manage	Be the manager of a sports team or a performer. She manages horses better than anyone I know.
marketing	The action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising. The Western arts of marketing and distribution.
mastery	The act of mastering or subordinating someone. She played with some mastery.
mendacious	Not telling the truth; lying. A mendacious statement.
mercenary	A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army. Mercenary killers.
military	The military forces of a nation. The military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker.
misinformation	False or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive. Nuclear matters are often entangled in a web of secrecy and misinformation.
officer	Provide with military officers. He is an officer of the court.
overlord	A ruler, especially a feudal lord. The undisputed overlord of the crime family.
personnel	The department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management. Many of the personnel involved require training.
proficiency	The quality of having great facility and competence. Practice greatly improves proficiency.
propaganda	The dissemination of propaganda as a political strategy. The party s leaders believed that a long period of education and propaganda would be necessary.
reign	The period during which a monarch is sovereign. She was hoping for a long reign as world champion.
repression	A state of forcible subjugation. Students sparked off events that ended in brutal repression.
ruler	Measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths.
superintendence	Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group. Under his vigilant superintendence a building was erected.
supremacy	The state or condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status. The supremacy of the king.
theocracy	A political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided. It is a society just emerging from theocracy.