Standard Lemma guide

hegemonic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /hɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈmɒn.ɪk/
  • UK: /hɛɡ.ɪˈmɒn.ɪk/
  • US: /ˌhɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈmɑ.nɪk/
  • US: /ˌhɛɡ.ɪˈmɑ.nɪk/
  • Australian: /hed͡ʒ.ɪˈmɔn.ɪk/
  • Australian: /heɡ.ɪˈmɔn.ɪk/
  • CMU ARPABET: HH EH2 G AH0 M AA1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to hegemony.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English hegemony Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hegemonic From hegemony + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: hegemònic — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • Chinese Mandarin: 霸權 /霸权 (bàquán) — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • Chinese Mandarin: 霸权的 (bàquán de) — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • Chinese Mandarin: 領導權的 /领导权的 (lǐngdǎoquán de) — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • Finnish: hegemoninen — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • Galician: hexemónico — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • German: hegemonisch — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • German: hegemonial — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • Greek: ηγεμονικός (igemonikós) — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • Ancient Greek: ἡγεμονικός (hēgemonikós) — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • Portuguese: hegemónico — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • Portuguese: hegemônico — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • Russian: гегемони́стский (gegemonístskij) — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • Russian: гегемо́нский (gegemónskij) — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • Spanish: hegemónico — of or pertaining to hegemony
  • Swedish: hegemonisk — of or pertaining to hegemony