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</span><span class="phon-us" id="hegemony__6">ˈhɛdʒəˌmoʊni</span><span class="z">/ </span><img src="/web/20140203070750im_/http://oaadonline.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/pron-us.gif" alt="hegemony pronunciation American" title="hegemony pronunciation American" class="sound" style="cursor: pointer" onclick="playSoundFromFlash('/media/oaad8/us_pron/h/heg/hegem/hegemony__us_1.mp3', this)" valign="top"/></div><span class="z"> </span><span class="gr-g"><span class="z_gr_br">[</span><span class="z_gr">uncountable</span><span class="z">, </span><span class="z_gr">countable</span><span class="z_gr_br">]</span></span><span class="ifs-g" id="hegemony__9"><span class="if-g" id="hegemony__10"><span class="z"> </span><span class="z_il">plural</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="if" id="hegemony__12">hegemonies</span></span></span></div><div class="clear"> </div></div><span class="label-g"><span class="z_r"><span class="z">(</span>formal<span class="z">) </span></span></span><span class="d" id="hegemony__13">control by one country, organization, etc. over other countries, etc. within a particular group</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="hegemony__14">the country's continuing desire for political and military hegemony</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="hegemony__15">the long-time hegemony of French cuisine</span></span><span class="z"> </span><span class="dr-g" id="hegemony__16" freq="100"><span class="z"> </span><span class="dr" id="hegemony__17">hegemonic</span><div class="ei-g" id="hegemony__18"><span class="z">/</span><span class="phon-us" id="hegemony__19">ˌhɛdʒəˈmɑnɪk</span><span class="z">/ </span><img src="/web/20140203070750im_/http://oaadonline.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/pron-us.gif" alt="hegemonic pronunciation American" title="hegemonic pronunciation American" class="sound" style="cursor: pointer" onclick="playSoundFromFlash('/media/oaad8/us_pron/h/heg/hegem/hegemonic__us_1.mp3', this)" valign="top"/></div><span class="z"> </span><span class="pos">adjective</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="hegemony__20">hegemonic control</span></span></span></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="ox-footer"> <div class="ox-oupLogo"></div> <div id="ox-copyright">Copyright © Oxford University Press 2011</div> <div id="footlinks"><a href="/web/20140203070750/http://oaadonline.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/search_widget_info.html">Dictionary search for your site</a> • <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140203070750/http://elt.oup.com/" onclick="return ! window.open(this.href);">OUP English Language Teaching website</a> • <a href="/web/20140203070750/http://oaadonline.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/browse/">Browse Dictionary</a> • <a href="/web/20140203070750/http://oaadonline.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/privacy.html">Privacy & Legal notice</a></div> </div> </div> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="/web/20140203070750js_/http://oaadonline.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/common.js?version=1.0.10"></script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140203070750js_/http://oaadonline.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/scripts/doubleclick.js?version=1.0.10"></script> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="/web/20140203070750js_/http://oaadonline.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/scripts/oxford.js?version=1.0.10"></script> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="/web/20140203070750js_/http://oaadonline.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/scripts/entry.js?version=1.0.10"></script> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="/web/20140203070750js_/http://oaadonline.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/scripts/jquery.lightbox-0.5.min.js?version=1.0.10"></script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { setupDoubleClick('/', null, false, 'main-container', null, null, null); 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