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Hegemony is when one state or country is so strong that it leads or controls others — not only by war, but by money, rules, or the way everyone else has to live. Historians use it for empires; news writers use it for today's great powers. It is a formal, academic word. You would not say it about a . People stretch it a little, too: cultural hegemony is when one country's films, language, or ideas fill the world so fully that other countries follow without a fight. Though actually, that stretch still keeps the first idea: one power sitting at the centre. Two pronunciations are both in use: HEDGE-uh-moh-nee and heh-JEM-uh-nee.
From the word’s history
From Greek hegemonia 'leadership', from hegemon 'leader', from hegeomai 'to lead'.
源自希臘文 hēgemonia「最高領導權」，來自 hēgemōn「領袖」。
組成來自古希臘語 hēgemonía（領導、主宰），再來自 hēgemṓn（領袖、指揮官），動詞是 hēgéomai（帶領）。英語在十九世紀初也受到德語 Hegemonie 的影響。
同家族的字
- hegemonicthe adjective: a hegemonic power is one that holds hegemony
- hegemonthe leading state itself
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hegemonynoun/hɪˈd͡ʒɛ.mə.ni/
- 1
formalDomination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
- The idea of a German republic and confederacy like the American, is surely less fantastical than a hegemony to which nobody is willing to submit.
- 2
Dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group or hegemon acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force.
- The two political parties battled viciously for hegemony.
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