noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/hɪˈd͡ʒɛ.mə.ni/
Received-Pronunciation:/hɪˈɡɛ.mə.ni/
US:/hɪˈd͡ʒɛ.mə.ni/
US:/ˈhɛ.d͡ʒə.moʊ.ni/
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CMU ARPABET:HH IY0 JH EH1 M AH0 N IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, formal, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The two political parties battled viciously for hegemony.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation
to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony
the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: political system, form of government
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἡγεμονία (hēgemonía, “supremacy or leadership, chief command”), from ἡγεμών (hēgemṓn, “a leader, guide, commander, chief”), from ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead”). Early 19th-century usage influenced by German Hegemonie.
Across languages
Translations
103 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
hegjemoni
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Arabic:
هَيْمَنَة
(haymana)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Arabic:
سَيْطَرَة
(sayṭara)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Armenian:
գերիշխանություն
(gerišxanutʻyun)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Armenian:
հեգեմոնիա
(hegemonia)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Asturian:
hexemonía
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Azerbaijani:
hegemoniya
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Azerbaijani:
üstünlük
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Belarusian:
гегемо́нія
(hjehjemónija)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Belarusian:
панава́нне
(panavánnje)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Belarusian:
панава́ньне
(panavánʹnje)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Bulgarian:
хегемо́ния
(hegemónija)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Bulgarian:
госпо́дство
(gospódstvo)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Catalan:
hegemonia
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Chinese Mandarin:
霸權 /霸权
(bàquán)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Chinese Mandarin:
領導權 /领导权
(lǐngdǎoquán)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Czech:
nadvláda
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Czech:
hegemonie
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Danish:
hegemoni
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Danish:
overherredømme
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Dutch:
hegemonie
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Dutch:
suprematie
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Dutch:
heerschap
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Dutch:
overwicht
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Dutch:
preponderantie
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Estonian:
hegemoonia
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Finnish:
hegemonia
— domination, influence, or authority over another
French:
hégémonie
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Galician:
hexemonía
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Georgian:
ჰეგემონია
(hegemonia)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Georgian:
ბატონობა
(baṭonoba)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
German:
Hegemonie
— domination, influence, or authority over another
German:
Vorherrschaft
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Greek:
ηγεμονία
(igemonía)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Hebrew:
הֶגְמוֹנְיָה
(hegmónya)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Hindi:
आधिपत्य
(ādhipatya)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Hungarian:
hegemónia
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Icelandic:
forræði
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Irish:
ceannas
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Italian:
egemonia
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Japanese:
覇権
(haken)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Japanese:
ヘゲモニー
(hegemonī)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Kazakh:
үстемдік
(üstemdık)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Khmer:
អនុត្តរភាព
(ʼaʼnuttaʼraʼphiəp)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Korean:
패권
(paegwon)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Korean:
헤게모니
(hegemoni)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Kyrgyz:
гегемония
(gegemoniya)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Kyrgyz:
үстөмдүк
(üstömdük)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Latvian:
hegemonija
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Lithuanian:
hegemonija
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Macedonian:
хегемонија
(hegemonija)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Macedonian:
превласт
(prevlast)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Malay:
hegemoni
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Malayalam:
ആധിപത്യം
(ādhipatyaṁ)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Mongolian:
ноёрхол
(nojorxol)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Mongolian:
манлайлал
(manlajlal)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Norwegian Bokmål:
hegemoni
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Norwegian Nynorsk:
hegemoni
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Iranian Persian:
هِژِمونی
(hežemoni)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Iranian Persian:
سُلْطِهگَری
(solte-gari)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Iranian Persian:
فَرادَسْتی
(farâdasti)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Polish:
hegemonia
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Portuguese:
hegemonia
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Romanian:
hegemonie
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Russian:
гегемо́ния
(gegemónija)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Russian:
госпо́дство
(gospódstvo)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Russian:
игемо́ния
(igemónija)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Serbo-Croatian:
хегемо̀нија
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Serbo-Croatian:
пре̏вла̄ст
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Serbo-Croatian:
hegemònija
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Serbo-Croatian:
prȅvlāst
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Sicilian:
eggimunìa
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Slovak:
hegemónia
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Slovak:
nadvláda
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Slovene:
hegemonija
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Slovene:
nadvlada
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Upper Sorbian:
hegemonija
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Spanish:
hegemonía
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Swedish:
hegemoni
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Swedish:
herravälde
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Tagalog:
ehemoniya
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Tajik:
гегемония
(gegemoniya)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Tajik:
ҳукмронӣ
(hukmroni)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Thai:
อํานาจนํา
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Thai:
การครอบงํา
(gaan-krɔ̂ɔp-ngam)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Turkish:
hegemonya
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Turkish:
üstünlük
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Ukrainian:
гегемо́нія
(hehemónija)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Ukrainian:
панува́ння
(panuvánnja)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Ukrainian:
володарюва́ння
(volodarjuvánnja)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Ukrainian:
владарюва́ння
(vladarjuvánnja)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Ukrainian:
царюва́ння
(carjuvánnja)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Urdu:
سِیادَت
(siyādat)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Urdu:
غَلْبَہ
(ġalba)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Urdu:
بَرْتَری
(bartarī)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Urdu:
چَودَھراہَٹ
(caudharāhaṭ)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Urdu:
قِیادَت
(qiyādat)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Urdu:
سَرْداری
(sardārī)
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Uzbek:
gegemonlik
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Uzbek:
gegemoniya
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Uzbek:
ustunlik
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Venetan:
egemonia
— domination, influence, or authority over another
Vietnamese:
bá quyền
— domination, influence, or authority over another
