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hegemonyPolitical 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 USA and the USSR with regard to the rest of the world. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The claims of religious hegemonists, not altogether lacking worldwide, ring more and more hollow as religious diversity becomes the fact in any society with an airport and instruments of mass communication. It has been a tool in imperialist and hegemonist intrusion and expansion. Doubtless the Bush Administration's fervent hegemonists will scoff at the idea that the United States will become the object of counter-hegemonic balancing. |
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