hegemony
noun
[ hɪˈdʒɛməni ]
• leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.
• "Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871"
Similar:
leadership,
dominance,
dominion,
supremacy,
ascendancy,
predominance,
primacy,
authority,
mastery,
control,
power,
sway,
rule,
sovereignty,
predomination,
paramountcy,
prepotence,
prepotency,
prepollency,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Greek hēgemonia, from hēgemōn ‘leader’, from hēgeisthai ‘to lead’.
