Get to know Hegemon better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
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Hegemon meaning
A dominating leader or force, especially that which dominates a separate political entity; a hegemonist.
Using Hegemon
- The main meaning on this page is: A dominating leader or force, especially that which dominates a separate political entity; a hegemonist.
- In the example corpus, hegemon often appears in combinations such as: the hegemon, global hegemon, hegemon of.
Context around Hegemon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hegemon
- In this selection, "hegemon" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, global, rising, regional, says, ensuring and tactics stand out and add context to how "hegemon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a global hegemon and a regional hegemon as the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hegemon" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hegemon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This does not suggest a hegemon in terminal decline. (9 words)
For example, by ceding Asia, including Taiwan, to China as the hemispheric hegemon. (13 words)
Moscow – and Beijing – both know they simply cannot trust anything the Hegemon says or signs. (15 words)
The West, and especially the US, has consistently refused to support popular uprisings in Iran, because they cherish their insane desire to support the mullah tyrants in making Iran the hegemon of the Middle East. (35 words)
Undoubtedly, China has made rise during the past few decades and has virtually shaken the international system but it may be too early for China to acquire the wherewithal to act as a global hegemon. (35 words)
The recently elected right wing leaders Bolsonaro in Brazil and Duque in Colombia, representing the two powerful states on the western and southern borders of Venezuela, are colluding with the hegemon of the north. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
For example, by ceding Asia, including Taiwan, to China as the hemispheric hegemon.
In a matter of months, balanced trade Looking East was turned into deficit trade with the Hegemon.
Moscow – and Beijing – both know they simply cannot trust anything the Hegemon says or signs.
This does not suggest a hegemon in terminal decline.
Firstly, knowledge would only be transmitted in the language of the hegemon – ensuring that all other concepts from other paradigms had to fit within the procrustean bed of his paradigm.
Only fools think that a rising hegemon will concede on territorial and maritime issues based on polite talk and subservience.
Taiwan of course was central to the work report; Beijing fiercely opposes “external interference” – code for Hegemon tactics.
The West, and especially the US, has consistently refused to support popular uprisings in Iran, because they cherish their insane desire to support the mullah tyrants in making Iran the hegemon of the Middle East.
The declining world superpower, the United States, and the rising hegemon, China, seem destined for a collision course and have adopted the concept of self-reliance for their respective reactionary agendas.
The global hegemon would use the regional project of Poland (the new Rzeczpospolita from sea to sea) to control Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine through Poland and to slow down Russia.
Undoubtedly, China has made rise during the past few decades and has virtually shaken the international system but it may be too early for China to acquire the wherewithal to act as a global hegemon.
And some of these watchers are serious assholes with serious power in foreign capitols who would like to supplant Americans as the world’s hegemon.
For one thing, it would end American credibility as a hegemon, and everybody and his herd of goats would want to buy Chinese antiship missiles.
Russia and China’s refusal to bow down to Washington’s dictate is infuriating the would-be American hegemon and its desire for zero-sum world domination.
While Iran’s rulers have no aspirations to be a superpower, they do seem to covet being a regional hegemon as the Persian Empire was.
Conjuring up the specter of Iran as a possible regional hegemon is worse than threat inflation.
In contrast, it is obsessed with America, seeing an aging, vengeful hegemon that could stop it from achieving its aims.
Oracle keeps muddling through a 1980s way of thinking about the database, and it’s going to cost the database hegemon its lofty market position.
The recently elected right wing leaders Bolsonaro in Brazil and Duque in Colombia, representing the two powerful states on the western and southern borders of Venezuela, are colluding with the hegemon of the north.
While every alliance is a tripwire, our “special relationship” with Israel is indeed a unique case in that a relatively weak protectorate is issuing the global hegemon its marching orders.
Common combinations with hegemon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the hegemon 7×
- global hegemon 4×
- hegemon of 3×
- regional hegemon 3×
- hegemon in 2×
- rising hegemon 2×
- hegemon and 2×
- hegemon its 2×