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