preponderant influence or authority (as of a government or state): Leadership, Dominance (aiming at world ~)

The constant struggle between social forces to create meaning Antonio Gramsci

preponderant influence or authority of one individual or social group over another. heliocentric: a sun-centered model of the universe.

When one nation-state has overwhelming, dominating power.

the domination of one state over its allies

Social, cultural, religious or moral traditions and ideas that reinforce the power of the dominant group at the expense of other groups.

Developed by the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci in the 1930s, hegemony refers to the ability of dominant groups in society to exercise control over weaker groups not by means of force or domination, but by gaining their consent, so that the unequal distribution of power appears to be both legitimate and natural. In other words, hegemony operates not by forcing people against their better judgment to submit to more powerful interests, but rather by actively seeking the spontaneous cooperation of subordinate classes to maintaining social relationships that continue their subordination. Hegemony, significantly, is never total, but operates in constant struggle with newly emerging forms of oppositional consciousness. It works not by crushing those forces, but by a constant process of negotiation. See also Close-Up box 2.2 in textbook.

domination. Usually, a kind of social and cultural domination that occurs as a result of political, military and economic dominance.

(18) -- preeminence of one group over others

The term derives from the Greek: hegemon = ruler, often an alien ruler. Its use today is mostly that of Antonio Gramsci, who did not limit its use to direct political control, but used it to describe an overall dominance, leading to enduring ways of seeing the world which are accepted as normal by most people, because they have grown up with these ways, and feel it would be absurd to doubt or question them. Section 2.1

the predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

The domination of one state, entity, or social group over another.

The existence of an extraordinarily powerful group (a hegemonic elite) or country ( hegemon) that sustains its domination over a long period of time.

the predominant leadership or authority of a state over others.

The leadership or predominance of one country over others, usually used to describe the United States' relationship to other countries in the world.

a political ascendancy over other states. (p. 85)

Hegemony (pronounced or ) is the dominance of one group over other groups, with or without the threat of force, to the extent that, for instance, the dominant party can dictate the terms of trade to its advantage; more broadly, cultural perspectives become skewed to favor the dominant group. The cultural control that hegemony asserts affects commonplace patterns of thought: hegemony controls the way new ideas are rejected or become naturalized in a process that subtly alters notions of common sense in a given society.