Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hegemony"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hegemony \He*gem`o*ny\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? guide, leader, fr. ? to
go before.]
Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually
applied to the relation of a government or state to its
neighbors or confederates. --Lieber.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hegemony
n : the domination of one state over its allies
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