as in domination
controlling power or influence over others
European intellectuals have long debated the consequences of the hegemony of American popular culture around the world
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Recent Examples of hegemony
What had been a Western accusation was transformed into a badge of honor for those who defined themselves as resisting American hegemony and Israeli occupation.
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Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
And that is to reset the balance of global security, and undo the ascendance of the US to its decades-long hegemony.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
Louis Hartz maintained that the hegemony of liberal thought, with its vaunting of the classless individual, made Marxists politically superfluous.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
The surging price of gold is boosting some developing economies, challenging the US dollar’s hegemony — and changing jewelry designs.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
And that is to reset the balance of global security, and undo the ascendance of the US to its decades-long hegemony.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
Louis Hartz maintained that the hegemony of liberal thought, with its vaunting of the classless individual, made Marxists politically superfluous.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
The surging price of gold is boosting some developing economies, challenging the US dollar’s hegemony — and changing jewelry designs.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hegemony
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Nazism’s total domination politically and socially found an aesthetic counterpart in the visual reduction of bodies to things, ecstatically subdued before the hypnotic power of a leader, force, or sublime beauty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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The rest of the game is pretty much total domination.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The United States has increasingly projected itself as a global bully, treating weaker nations as fair game for regime change by force — simply to assert power and dominance.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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But despite Derrick Henry’s early dominance on the ground and Jackson’s sensational fourth quarter, another season ended in excruciating fashion.—
Noah Trister,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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And just two days after Maduro was arraigned before a federal judge, the issue of how the Constitution’s supremacy clause might limit the state of Minnesota from prosecuting a federal ICE agent suddenly became more urgent.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Oregon coach Dan Lanning, the former Georgia defensive coordinator who also coached at Alabama and Arizona State, among other schools, says the Big Ten has made a strong claim to national supremacy that will be on display in the semifinal game.—
Charles Odum,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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His strong-arming of universities, law firms, and media companies is a response to real problems, but his actions seem aimed more at harming those entities—and expanding his dominion over them—than at crafting enduring fixes.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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But with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
27 Nov. 2025
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The new agreement says that Ukraine’s sovereignty and its ability to defend itself are non-negotiable elements of any peace deal and warned that its self-defense is essential to its own security and wider Euro-Atlantic stability.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Fundamentally, sending in our own military to make the arrest on foreign soil without the consent of the other country would still violate international law and the sovereignty of Venezuela.—
Elie Mystal,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Hegemony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hegemony. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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