Word: hegemonic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: heg
e
mon
ic
Definition: Of or pertaining to hegemony; the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
Morphemes:
Affix: hegemony
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἡγέομαι
Language: grc
Decoded: egeomai
Meaning: to lead
Affix: -μων
Language: grc
Decoded: -mon
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms agent nouns and adjectives.
Affix: -ία
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: belonging to