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HEGEMON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hegemon mean?
• HEGEMON (noun)
The noun HEGEMON has 1 sense:
1. a leading or paramount power
Familiarity information: HEGEMON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A leading or paramount power
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("hegemon" is a kind of...):
great power; major power; power; superpower; world power (a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world)
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