ETYM Greek, from hegemon guide, leader, from hegeisthai to go before.
The domination of one state over its allies.
Leadership of one state within a confederacy.
Leadership; authority.
Political dominance of one power over others in a group in which all are supposedly equal. The term was first used for the dominance of Athens over the other Greek city-states, later applied to Prussia within Germany, and, in more recent times, to the US and the USSR with regard to the rest of the world. + prikaži više