Hegemony - Wikipedia In the 19th century, hegemony denoted the "social or cultural predominance or ascendancy; predominance by one group within a society or milieu" and "a group or regime which exerts undue influence within a society" [5]
HEGEMONY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Hegemony refers to a kind of domination It was borrowed in the mid-16th century from the Greek word hēgemonia, a noun formed from the verb hēgeisthai, “to lead ” At first hegemony was used specifically to refer to the control once wielded by ancient Greek states; later it was applied to domination by other political actors