hegemony

IPA: hidʒˈɛmʌni

(formal) 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.

Examples of "hegemony" in Sentences

The structure of hegemony disappeared.
The practice started the period of Spartan hegemony.
Since the hegemony of the current decimal system is broken.
The citation speaks of the hegemony of a current superpower.
Hegemony is not the acquiescence of people to rule by a state.
Pamplonese hegemony of the Basque kingdom over the christian peninsula.
Implicit in the ecstatic visions of Web 2.0 is the hegemony of the amateur.
This was intended to end the hegemony of the Brazilian teams in the tournament.
Hollywood used the collapse of the French production to establish its hegemony.
In 1979, the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the south's hegemony.