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hegemony , [Gr.,=leadership], dominance, originally of one Greek city-state over others, the term has been extended to refer to the dominance of one nation over others, and, following Gramsci , of one class over others. Conflict over hegemony fills history from the war between Athens and Sparta to the Napoleonic wars, World Wars I and II, and the Cold War. Gramsci's use of the concept extends it beyond international relations to class structure and even to culture.

Bibliography: See K. J. Holsti, The Dividing Discipline (1985).

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hegemony həˈjemənē; ˈhejəˌmōnē n.leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others: Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871.

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hegemony Leadership or dominance of one state over others. The term originated in ancient Greece where the cities of Athens, Sparta and Thebes held hegemony over Greece in the 5th and 4th centuries bc. Italian Marxian theorist Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) also employed the term hegemony to refer to the phenomenon of one social class monopolizing the creation and transmission of values.

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