How do you use Hegemony in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Hegemony in a sentence
Hegemony meaning
- Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
- 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.
Synonyms of Hegemony
Using Hegemony
- The main meaning on this page is: Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others. | 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.
- Useful related words include: political system, form of government.
- In the example corpus, hegemony often appears in combinations such as: hegemony in, hegemony over, hegemony and.
Context around Hegemony
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hegemony
- In this selection, "hegemony" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, global, athenian, american, political and abroad stand out and add context to how "hegemony" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a tech hegemony in response and against northern hegemony. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hegemony" sits close to words such as addict, behavioural and bengali, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hegemony
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He stood against Northern hegemony. (5 words)
This move poses a big challenge to U.S. economic hegemony. (11 words)
These representations could be explained as part of the politics of hegemony. (12 words)
One description – we shall call it the pro-Russian version – presents that invasion as Moscow’s reaction to three decades of US-led western encroachment into its former sphere of domination, as part of a US drive to global hegemony. (40 words)
China would be unwise to make the attempt, but the United States and its allies would be equally unwise if their own actions unwittingly convinced Beijing that a risky bid for hegemony was still its best option. (37 words)
Here, it was the period of unquestioned U.S. economic and political hegemony from 1945 to our 1972 repudiation of the Bretton Woods system of international payments anchored on the U.S. dollar. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Allowing the Melians to remain neutral would set a dangerous precedent and threaten Athenian hegemony.
Asma, who has dual British and Syrian nationality, was called a "hero" who "resists American hegemony".
Cameron, who has reliably come out against environmental regulation at many turns, is appealing for a return to Republican hegemony.
China has frequently called the US a "tech hegemony" in response to export controls imposed by Washington.
China would be unwise to make the attempt, but the United States and its allies would be equally unwise if their own actions unwittingly convinced Beijing that a risky bid for hegemony was still its best option.
Here, it was the period of unquestioned U.S. economic and political hegemony from 1945 to our 1972 repudiation of the Bretton Woods system of international payments anchored on the U.S. dollar.
He stood against Northern hegemony.
It was determined to cement its hegemony as the world’s only superpower after the end of the Cold War.
Joe Biden has many propaganda channels cheering for the hegemony, but the clear trend is away from a U.S.-controlled Earth.
Liberalism is headed for “catastrophe” following decades of global ideological hegemony, political philosopher Alexander Dugin told Sputnik’s New Rules podcast.
Maybe you need to be big and strong in the face of declining U.S. hegemony.
One description – we shall call it the pro-Russian version – presents that invasion as Moscow’s reaction to three decades of US-led western encroachment into its former sphere of domination, as part of a US drive to global hegemony.
Reality has proven time and time again that, no matter how beautiful the excuse, the US government is protecting special interests at home and exercising hegemony abroad.
The present hegemony of patient autonomy is accompanied by an increasingly anemic view of professional autonomy.
The Russian authorities have repeatedly called for a multipolar world with many centres of power that would take into account the interests of all nations, condemning the U.S. policy of global hegemony.
These changes brought an end to Washington’s unchallenged hegemony and ushered in a new asymmetric multipolar world order.
These representations could be explained as part of the politics of hegemony.
The UN Charter and other rules and laws of war mean nothing in the current full-spectrum dominance of US hegemony.
The U.S. government is hostage to its financial hegemony in a way that is rarely fully understood.
This move poses a big challenge to U.S. economic hegemony.
Common combinations with hegemony
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hegemony in 23×
- hegemony over 21×
- hegemony and 14×
- the hegemony 13×
- hegemony of 13×
- global hegemony 9×
- its hegemony 7×
- of hegemony 7×
- for hegemony 6×
- us hegemony 6×